Lee Smith (fiction author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lee Smith (fiction author)

American writer

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Grundy, Virginia, United States

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lee Smith (born November 1, 1944) is an American fiction author who typically incorporates much of her background from the Southeastern United States in her works.
She has received writing awards, such as the O.
Henry Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and, in April 2013, was the first recipient of Mercer University's Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature.
Her novel The Last Girls was listed on the New York Times bestseller's list and won the Southern Book Critics Circle Award.
Mrs Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, a collection of new and selected stories, was published in 2010.