Sarah Smith (writer)
Encyclopedia
Sarah Smith is an American author living in Brookline
, Massachusetts
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. She was an Assistant Professor of English for several years before going to work in the computer industry. She has worked for Lisp Machines Inc., Bachman Inc., ITP Systems, Inc., and Effective Educational Tech which was acquired by Pearson Education in 2006.
She is the author of a three-novel mystery series set in turn of the century Boston and Paris about amnesiac Alexander von Reisden
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Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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Life
She holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in English literature, both from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. She was an Assistant Professor of English for several years before going to work in the computer industry. She has worked for Lisp Machines Inc., Bachman Inc., ITP Systems, Inc., and Effective Educational Tech which was acquired by Pearson Education in 2006.
She is the author of a three-novel mystery series set in turn of the century Boston and Paris about amnesiac Alexander von Reisden
Alexander von Reisden
Alexander von Reisden is a fictional character in a three book mystery series by Sarah Smith. The novels, set in turn of the 20th century Boston and pre World War I Paris, are The Vanished Child , The Knowledge of Water , and A Citizen of the Country .Reisden is an Austrian baron and chemist with...
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Awards
- Fulbright fellow 1968-69
- Mellon fellow, 1977
- named Woman of Year, The College Club of BostonThe College Club of BostonThe College Club of Boston is a private membership organization founded in 1890 as the first women's college club in the United States. Located in the historic Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts at 44 Commonwealth Avenue, the College Club was established by nineteen college educated women whose...
, 1997.
Works
- The Vanished Child (1992) (reprint Ballantine Books, 1993, ISBN 9780345381644)
- The Knowledge of Water Ballantine Books, 1996, ISBN 9780345391353.
- A Citizen of the Country (2000) (reprint Ballantine Books, 2002, ISBN 9780345433039)
- Chasing Shakespeares Atria Books, 2003, ISBN 9780743464826
- The Other Side of Dark Atheneum, 2010, ISBN 9781442402805