Uzodinma Iweala is the Nigerian-American author of Beasts of No Nation. Salman Rushdie said, "This is one of those rare occasions when you see a first novel and you think, this guy is going to be very, very good." With On Beauty, her most recent novel, Zadie Smith cemented her reputation as an irreverent observer of family, race and class. Ms. Smith is also author of White Teeth and The Autograph Man, as well as Changing My Mind, a collection of essays. Recorded September 18, 2006 at 92nd Street Y.