Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith’s heads up to young people: ‘You are absolutely going to become old’

Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps.

Zadie Smith is learning to accept the limits of time

Author Zadie Smith says she'll miss being young. In this week's Wild Card, Smith opens up about having enough time and growing older.