Background
Faye Smith was born on August 26, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. She is the daughter of W. J. and Lil (Thorpe) McDonald, who were both retired government workers.
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Flight of the Blackbird
(Members of the Black professional elite in Atlanta, Mel a...)
Members of the Black professional elite in Atlanta, Mel and Builder Burke work hard and enjoy the benefits of private school for their daughter and two vacations a year, but their dream begins to fade when Mel loses her job and Builder's business crumbles
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684829711/?tag=2022091-20
1996
Faye McDonald Smith
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Smith graduated from Boston University in Massachusetts as a Bachelor of Science in 1972. Just a year later she received her Master of Science degree from Columbia University in New York City.
Career
Set in Atlanta was Faye McDonald Smith’s first novel. The novel Flight of the Blackbird examines the life of Mel Burke, a successful African American professional whose security is shattered when her job at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is eliminated.
Nowadays Smith is an owner of the company named FMS Productions Inc., also she works as a writing and editing consultant.
Achievements
Works
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Flight of the Blackbird
(Members of the Black professional elite in Atlanta, Mel a...)
1996
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Flight of the Blackbird
Views
Quotations:
“People tell me that the book is very visual, that they see the novel and that they have their own strong images of various scenes. Perhaps because I’ve produced a lot of audiovisual presentations, certain scriptwriting techniques may have carried over into the book. It’s not anything I can definitively point to; I think it’s more a matter of interpretation."
“Through my work as a journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to write business articles for various publications, profiling large as well as small companies. As a result, I’ve become very aware of business-related issues involving management, personnel, and office politics. This helped tremendously when I was formulating dialogue about the advantages and pitfalls of working in a major corporation, and it served as a reference to the problems that Builder faced as a struggling entrepreneur.”
Personality
Quotes from others about the person
“Smith’s characters are human in their complexity of both their frailty and their courage.” - Publishers Weekly contributor
“The characters are not unlikable, but they fail to engage us thoroughly.”
“A sharply observant, sometimes funny, always down-to-earth chronicler of contemporary urban lifestyles and the panic that can lurk beneath glossy surfaces.” - Trudier Harris
Connections
Smith married George A. Smith on July 17, 1976. They have 2 children - Mekka and Midion.
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Independent Party
Education
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1973
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1972