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Dominic Smith

Dominic Smith

"Love is not like choosing a partner for whist. It has a life of its own. our duty is merely to follow its call."

Dominic grew up in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of four novels, including The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, which was a New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Sold into more than a dozen countries, the novel was chosen as a best book of 2016 by Amazon, Slate, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Kirkus Reviews. In Australia, the novel won the Fiction Indie Book of the Year Award from the Independent Booksellers Association and was named the Literary Fiction Book of the Year as part of the Australian Book Industry Awards.

Dominic’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Australian. His other novels are: The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre, The Beautiful Miscellaneous, and Bright and Distant Shores. He is a recipient of the Dobie Paisano Fellowship from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize, the Gulf Coast Fiction Prize, a new works grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, and a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Dominic serves on the fiction faculty in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist University, and Rice University.

What novels has Dominic Smith written?

His novels include The Last Painting of Sara de Vos; The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre; The Beautiful Miscellaneous; Bright and Distant Shores; and The Electric Hotel.

What genre does he write and what themes recur in his work?

He writes literary fiction. His work frequently engages with art and artists, history and historical settings, memory, and complex human relationships.

Which book is a good place to start with Dominic Smith?

A good starting point is The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, his best-known novel and a widely praised bestseller. If you prefer other subjects, try The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre or Bright and Distant Shores depending on your interest in history or travel.

Are Dominic Smith's novels part of a series or are they standalone?

His novels are standalone works rather than entries in an ongoing series.

What awards and fellowships has he received for his writing?

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos was a New York Times bestseller and received wide recognition as a best book of 2016 from several outlets; in Australia it won Fiction Indie Book of the Year and was named Literary Fiction Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. He has also received honors such as the Dobie Paisano Fellowship, the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize, the Gulf Coast Fiction Prize, a new works grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, and a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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