Home Writers Betty Smith Betty Smith Writer Betty Smith, née Elisabeth Wehner (December 15, 1896 - January 17, 1972), was an American author. Personal facts PseudonymBetty Smith Birth dateDecember 15, 1896 Birth placeBrooklyn , United States , New York Date of deathJanuary 17, 1972 Place of deathShelton Connecticut , United States EducationUniversity of Michigan facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer notable workA Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) Topical connections Aaron ElkinsWriter Aaron David MillerWriter A. M. HomesWriter Alexandra CunninghamWriter A. J. McLeanMusical artist Adelaide CrapseyWriter Ashok AgarwalScientist A.S. KingWriter Adrienne KennedyWriter Alan Jay LernerMusical artist Adam RappWriter Abram Samoilovitch BesicovitchScientist Betty Smith on Wikipedia Betty Smith External resources http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/tree/index.html http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Smith,Betty.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/brooklyn http://www.witsend.org/gen/BettySmith.htm