Janna Malamud Smith
Agent: Miriam Altshuler
Personal WebsiteJanna Malamud Smith is the author of four books, An Absorbing Errand: How Artists and Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery; My Father is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud; A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear; and Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life. Her titles have been New York Times Notable Books and Private Matters was a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” pick. She has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Threepenny Review, among other publications. A practicing psychotherapist, she lives with her husband in Massachusetts.
WHEN THE ISLAND HAD FISH
Down East Books, 2023AN ABSORBING ERRAND
Counterpoint Press, 2012MY FATHER IS A BOOK
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006A POTENT SPELL
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006PRIVATE MATTERS: In Defense of Personal Life
Addison-Wesley, 1997