Dominic Smith (author) explained

Dominic Smith is an Australian-American novelist.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1971. He grew up in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney. His father was an American corporate manager, his Australian mother worked as a secretary. Smith, one of four children, was eight years old when his parents separated. The following year, the family home burned down and Smith's mother suffered a stroke and became disabled; the family struggled to make ends meet.^[1] Australian politician Tamara Smith is his sister.^[1]

Smith graduated from college in 1994 at age 23 with a B.A. in anthropology.^[1] He completed an MFA in creative writing on a Michener Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.^[2]

He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, an instructional coach and early-childhood specialist. He has two daughters.^[1] Smith has taught in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.^[3]

Publications

Smith's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly and The Australian.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} His novel The Last Painting of Sara de Vos was a New York Times bestseller.^[8]

Novels

• Return to Valetto: A Novel (2023 Farrar, Straus, Giroux in USA; Allen & Unwin in Australia)
• The Electric Hotel: A Novel (Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books, June 2019)
• The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (2016, Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books in USA; Allen & Unwin in Australia) ^{[1] [9] [10] [11]}
• Bright and Distant Shores (Atria, 2011)^[12]
• The Beautiful Miscellaneous (Atria, 2007)
• The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre (Atria, 2006)

Awards and Fellowships

• National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 2018 ^[13]
• Australia Council for the Arts New Works Grant ^[14]
• Dobie Paisano Fellowship ^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: Baum . Caroline . Dominic Smith (book review) . . 21 May 2016.
2. https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/degree/degrees/nlogon/?s_last_name_read=DOMINO%2C+DELANEY+LYNN&s_last_isn_read=460089&s_first_name_read=DOMINIC%2C+JESSICA+SANJANA&s_first_isn_read=1195516&s_first_time_sw=X&s_start_name=Smith%2C+Dominic&s_start_page=Submit Record of degree on UT Austin website
3. http://wwcmfa.org/faculty-2/ Warren Wilson faculty
4. Web site: Stewart O’Nan Returns to the Fictional Maxwell Family (Published 2019) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164231/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/books/review/stewart-onan-henry-himself.html . 2022-12-05 . live .
5. Web site: Dominic Smith . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605081943/https://www.theatlantic.com/author/dominic-smith/ . 2023-06-05 . live .
6. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/twin-wells-11/ Fiction by Smith in Texas Monthly
7. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/bernhard-schlinks-woman-on-the-stairs-storyteller-gazes-into-a-haze/news-story/bae97c8ddf7c491e8495d635a16262fd Book Review by Smith in The Australian
8. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374146856 Bio on Macmillan website
9. News: Harrison . Kathryn . The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (book review) . 8 May 2019 . New York Times . 8 April 2016.
10. News: Swinn . Louise . A picture of art and its sense of mystery (book review) . Sydney Morning Herald . 4 June 2016.
11. News: Shapira . Ian . 'The Last Painting of Sara de Vos,' a riveting tale of art theft (book review) . Washington Post . 5 April 2016.
12. News: Bradley . James . The new Pacific solution (book review) . Weekend Australian . 26 February 2011.
13. https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/dominic-smith NEA Fellowship Listing
14. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/literary-fiction/The-Last-Painting-of-Sara-de-Vos-Dominic-Smith-9781743439951 Allen & Unwin website
15. https://dobiepaisano.utexas.edu/previous-fellows Paisano Fellowship Listing