About Dinitia

Meet author

Dinitia Smith

Dinitia is the author of five widely-praised novels and short stories. Her books have been called “mesmerizing,” “sensual,” and “gripping,” transporting readers into new and unfamiliar worlds. For eleven years Dinitia was a reporter for the New York Times where she wrote about literature and intellectual trends. She has been a contributing editor at New York Magazine. She is also an Emmy Award winning film maker, and a drama she wrote and directed, Passing Quietly Through, was chosen for the New York Film Festival. She has taught fiction writing at numerous institutions including Columbia University, Barnard College, the Center for Fiction, and to prison inmates, through the Bard College Prison Initiative.

Dinitia lives in New York City and Columbia County, New York with her husband, the historian, David Nasaw. They have two grown sons and a grandson.

Dinitia Smith