St. Louis-born author Jane Smiley has won a Pulitzer and published more than 25 books, but she has never set a book in her hometown — until now. Lucky, which dropped last month, is an alternative history of Smiley’s life: What if, when attending John Burroughs high school, she fell in love with music and songwriting instead of books and writing? 

Related Keywords

Jane Smiley , John Burroughs , , Jodie Rattler , Skinker Boulevard , Her Luck ,