1975 .Born as Sadie Smith in Brent, London
1989 Changes the spelling of her name to ‘Zadie’
1994 .Goes to King’s College, Cambridge, to study English Literature
1996 Contributions to student publication The Mays Anthology attract the attention of publishers
2000 Publication of White Teeth; later named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best English-language Novels
2003 Named as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists
2004 .Marries novelist Nick Laird, whom she met at university
2005 Publication of On Beauty, winner of the Orange Prize in 2006
2010 Publishes her ten rules for writing fiction in the Guardian, including “When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than everything else”; becomes a professor in the Creative Writing department of New York University
2012 .A huge fan of…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017 - Issue 58