How to Be Both

How to Be Both
First Edition cover, featuring photograph of Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy by Jean-Marie Périer.
The photograph is mentioned in the novel, George being likened to the image of Sylvie Vartan.
AuthorAli Smith
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
August 2014
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages372
ISBN978-0375424106
Preceded byArtful 
Followed byAutumn 

How to Be Both is a 2014 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published by Hamish Hamilton. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize and the 2015 Folio Prize. It won the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize, the Novel Award in the 2014 Costa Book Awards and the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.