Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction · 2017 · ShortlistNational Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) · 2016 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2017 | Shortlist |
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2016 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Zadie Smith's novel follows two brown-skinned girls in a North London dance class whose shared obsession with dance and Fred Astaire sends them on diverging paths across decades. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
About the Author
Zadie SmithBritish
Zadie Smith was born Sadie Smith on 25 October 1975 in Willesden, north-west London, of Jamaican and English descent. She changed her name to Zadie at age fourteen. Educated at local schools and King's College, Cambridge, where she studied English literature, Smith published early short stories that led to a publishing deal. Read more →
