Margaret Atwood
18 November 1939
684 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays, including 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her work has been published in over 40 countries, and a number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel *The Handmaid's Tale,* and her novels also include *Cat's Eye,* shortlisted for the 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,* shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize; *The Penelopiad; The Heart Goes Last;* *Hag-seed;* and *The Testaments,* a sequel to *The Handmaid's Tale.*
Also published as: Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Atwood M., Atwood M, Atwood Margaret, Margaret ATWOOD, margaret atwood
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The Handmaid's Tale
4 · 1985 · 2.9K want to read
The Testaments
4.3 · 2019 · 390 want to read
Oryx and Crake
4.2 · 2002 · 275 want to read
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alias Grace
3.8 · 1996 · 230 want to read
The Penelopiad
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The Edible Woman
3.6 · 1969 · 137 want to read
Cat's Eye
4.1 · 1988 · 123 want to read
The Year of the Flood
4.1 · 2009 · 88 want to read
Surfacing
3.4 · 1972 · 100 want to read
MaddAdam
3.3 · 2013 · 69 want to read
Hag-Seed
3.8 · 2016 · 82 want to read
40 Short Stories -- Sixth Edition
4 · 2021 · 87 want to read
The Robber Bride
3.7 · 1993 · 74 want to read
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction--Shorter Eighth Edition
4 · 2015 · 79 want to read
Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition
4.5 · 2001 · 69 want to read
Perrine's Literature--Structure, Sound & Sense--Twelfth Edition
4.2 · 2015 · 65 want to read
The Heart Goes Last
3.4 · 2015 · 48 want to read
Literature--An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing--Eleventh Edition
4.5 · 2006 · 57 want to read
Literature
1986 · 57 want to read
Lady Oracle
3 · 1976 · 56 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
5 · 1991 · 49 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
1 · 2002 · 48 want to read
Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition
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