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Louise Farmer Smith was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Oklahoma, where she graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She also holds master’s degrees from Yale University and Goddard College. She was a PEN/New England Discovery, and her stories have been anthologized in I’ve Always Meant to Tell You; To Fathers; Dots on a Map; and Coming Home. Smith lives with her husband on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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