Alumni News
Simpson Smith MFA '13: ‘2014’s Most Buzzed Ź Debut Author’
Katy Simpson Smith MFA ’13's new novel, The Story of Land and Sea, is “not only among the most assured debut novels in recent memory,” raved a , but also “heralds the birth of a major new talent.”
Released last month, the book—a historical novel set on the Carolina coast in the Revolutionary War era—has earned praise in The Huffington Post (“”),&Բ;The Chicago Tribune (“”), the BBC (“”), and Oprah Magazine (“”).
Simpson Smith discussed the book with NPR’s Audie Cornish on All Things Considered. .