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: Born Sadie Smith, she changed her name to Zadie at age 14. She originally aspired to a career in musical theater and tap dancing before turning to literature. She studied English at King’s College, Cambridge , where she wrote the first draft of her debut novel.

: A campus novel set in New England, inspired by E. M. Forster’s Howards End , which won the Orange Prize for Fiction . Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith is a celebrated British novelist, essayist, and short-story writer recognized for her insightful explorations of race, class, and multicultural identity . Born in North London in 1975 to a Jamaican mother and an English father, her work often draws from her upbringing in the diverse suburb of Willesden. Early Life and Breakthrough : Born Sadie Smith, she changed her name to Zadie at age 14