Background
Smith, Sarah was born on December 9, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Owen Roger and Mary (French) Buck Smith.
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Chasing Shakespeares CHASING SHAKESPEARES By Smith, Sarah ( Author )May-18-2004 Paperback
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By Sarah Smith - The Vanished Child (Reprint) (1997-10-08) Paperback
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A Citizen of the Country
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The Vanished Child
(New England, 1887. A millionaire is brutally murdered. Th...)
New England, 1887. A millionaire is brutally murdered. The only witness, his young grandchild, mysteriously disappears . . . Eighteen years later, in Switzerland, a man with no memory is "recognized" as Richard Knight, the missing child. Thus begins a masterpiece of historical suspense, as one man's obsession leads him toward a shattering truth--and to a killer, still at large. . . . "Stunning . . . Tells a grim tale of murder and duplicity in stately prose that subtly enhances the psychological horrors." --The New York Times Book Review "Has all the ingredients of a juicy novel: greed, suspicion, love, madness and amnesia. Sarah Smith pulls it all together with a rare talent for telling a complex story in beautifully simple language." --San Francisco Chronicle "A deliciously intriguing tale. . . An artful literary puzzler featuring the kind of thick period detail and narrative intricacy mastered by Charles Dickens. . . This one belongs on the permanent shelf." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
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The Knowledge of Water
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Chasing Shakespeares: A Novel
(With this exhilarating novel from the author the San Fran...)
With this exhilarating novel from the author the San Francisco Chronicle calls "daring" and "splendid," Sarah Smith cuts to the heart of one of literature's most fascinating and enduring mysteries: the enigma of Sir William Shakespeare. Meet Joe Roper, a thoroughly modern graduate student who has landed the job of a lifetime working in the famed Kellogg Collection of Elizabethan texts and curiosities. He's been passionate about Shakespeare since reading a duct-taped paperback copy of Macbeth as a kid. But if all the world's a stage, Joe's working-class roots do little to prepare him for his role in the academic arena. Enter Posy Gould, stage right. A glamorous rising star at Harvard, she insists that a letter Joe's found, signed by one W. Shakespeare of Stratford, is a career-making discovery for them both -- particularly because the letter suggests that the plays were not written from Shakespeare's quill. What follows is a literary adventure story that places Joe and Posy in a world where the London Eye looks out over Shakespeare's city, Hollywood producers rub elbows with the Queen's court, and an unsolved mystery spans across five centuries and two continents. A first-rate thriller from one of the masters of the genre, Chasing Shakespeares is also an enduring tale about love, art, and poetic justice.
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Sarah Smith
Edit ProfileEducation
She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in English literature, both from Harvard. She was an Assistant Professor of English for several years before going to work in the computer industry.
Career
Assistant professor English, Northeastern University, Boston, 1975-1976, Tufts University, Medford, 1976-1982. Director documentation LISP Machine Inc., Cambridge, 1982-1986, Bachman Inc., Cambridge, 1982-1990, Institut für Theoretische Physik Systems Inc., Cambridge, 1988-1990. Freelance novelist; consultant Effective Educational Technologies, Cambridge, 2004—2005, Pearson Education, since 2006.
Faculty summer writers' program Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1994. Visiting writer Gustavus Adolphus College, Edina, Minnesota, 1996, 2003. Consultant various writers' organizations.
Achievements
Works
book
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Chasing Shakespeares: A Novel
(With this exhilarating novel from the author the San Fran...)
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The Vanished Child
(New England, 1887. A millionaire is brutally murdered. Th...)
- Chasing Shakespeares by Sarah Smith (1-May-2004) Paperback
- Chasing Shakespeares CHASING SHAKESPEARES By Smith, Sarah ( Author )May-18-2004 Paperback
- By Sarah Smith - The Vanished Child (Reprint) (1997-10-08) Paperback
- A Citizen of the Country
- The Knowledge of Water
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Chasing Shakespeares: A Novel
Membership
Member Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers American (life), Mystery Writers American (board directors New England region 1994-1996, treasurer New England region since 1996, national Webmaster 1998-2003), Sisters in Crime (president New England chapter 1999-2000, Webmaster North-East chapter since 2003), International Association Crime Writers, Shakespeare Fellowship (board directors 2003-2006), Phi Beta Kappa.
Interests
Connections
Married David Lee Robbins, January 6, 1974 (divorced 1977). Married Frederick Sayward Perry Junior, August 26, 1979. Children: Mariah Buffum Contant, Frederick Sayward III (deceased), Justus Raymond Owen.
Stepchildren: Elizabeth Sayward Perry, Rebecca Hemard Doane.
- Father:
- Owen Roger Smith
- Mother:
- Mary (French) Buck Smith
- Spouse:
- Frederick Sayward Perry Junior
- Spouse:
- David Lee Robbins
- child:
- Frederick Sayward III Smith (deceased)
- child:
- Rebecca Hemard Doane Smith
- child:
- Justus Raymond Owen Smith
- child:
- Elizabeth Sayward Perry Smith
- child:
- Mariah Buffum Contant Smith
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Nationality
United States -
Religion
Society of Friends -
Political Party
Democrat