Katy Simpson Smith
Katy Simpson Smith was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She is the author of We Have Raised All of You: Motherhood in the South, 1750-1835, and four novels, most recently The Weeds. She received a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MFA from the ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø Writing Seminars. She lives in New Orleans.
Biography
Katy Simpson Smith was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She is the author of We Have Raised All of You: Motherhood in the South, 1750-1835, and the novels The Story of Land and Sea; Free Men; The Everlasting, a New York Times Best Historical Fiction Book of 2020; and The Weeds. She received a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MFA from the ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø Writing Seminars. She lives in New Orleans.