Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include Cat's Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.
"One of the most important novels of the 20th century." -Francine
Du Plessix Gray
"Atwood has undertaken a serious and complex task. . . . She shows
the depths that must be explored if one attempts to live an
examined life." -The New York Times Book Review
"A remarkable creation. . . . The most extraordinary metamorphosis
in fiction since Kafka's Gregor Samsa woke up as a giant insect."
-The Guardian
"Margaret Atwood is one of the most intelligent and talented
writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late
twentieth century." --Vogue
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