Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of
Spring, Winter, Autumn, Public library and other stories, How to be both, Shire, Artful, There but for the, The first person and other stories, Girl Meets Boy, The Accidental, The whole story and other stories, Hotel World, Other stories and other stories,
Like and
Free Love.
Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize.
The Accidental was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize.
How to be both won the Bailey's Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Autumn was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017 and
Winter was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2018. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.
An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal QuartetThe first great coronavirus novel -
a book to savour, a literary tour de force that captures the nation's psyche exquisitelyThis singular writer has found her momentA maestra's portrait of her age. . .
remarkableFew writers today can make a more compelling claim to
singularity of innovation and sustained brillianceThe bravura performance of a writer, poised at the edge of the day's vast darkness, gathering all the warmth and light of our inner summerSmith bring[s] this
brilliant quartet to a satisfying closeThe
final flourish of a mazy and beautiful quartet SublimeBrilliantThe novel's hopeful message about the healing power of friendship ensures the quartet ends on a feel-good noteA remarkable experiment with timeliness in fiction
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021
A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now.
'A maestra's portrait of her age . . . remarkable' Guardian
In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time.
This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common?
Summer.
Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith's new novel, Companion piece, is available now.
*****
'The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force' Evening Standard
'Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own' Nicola Sturgeon
'An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet' Irish Times
