Smiley Anders joined The Advocate newsroom in 1973 as a business writer. Six years later, an editor convinced Anders to try his hand at writing a so-called "items column" — a decision that has had ...

Don’t move to New York or Los Angeles to write, author Jane Smiley said during a writing Q&A at the 30th annual Brady Author’s Symposium. “You spend too much time commuting. … Those worlds are ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Jane Smiley, a Los Angeles native, is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ...

As a young unknown in grad school, Jane Smiley started out with the preposterously ambitious career plan of writing novels in the four major classical genres: epic, tragedy, comedy and historical ...

Jane Smiley's newest novel Some Luck, is the incredible first volume in a planned trilogy chronicling an Iowan family. Here are five writing tips from the Pulitzer winner. My favorite thing to ...