Alison Smith

Alison Smith is an American writer and performer best known for her memoir *Name All the Animals*, which was a top-ten book of the year for People and was shortlisted for the Book-Sense Book-of-the-Year Award. Her writing has appeared in publications including *Granta*, *McSweeney’s*, *The New York Times*, *The Believer*, and *Glamour*, and she lives in Brooklyn, New York.