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Margaret Atwood

Born November 18, 1939

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC is a Canadian writer. A prolific poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist, she has received national and international recognition for her writing. ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over forty countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now a successful MGM-Hulu television series currently preparing its fourth season, her novels 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, published in September, 2019. She lives in Toronto some of the time.

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Books36

Book of Lives A Memoir of Sorts

Book of Lives A Memoir of Sorts

2025
Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary

Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary

2025
Democracy

Democracy

2024

with Lea Ypi, Mary Beard and Elif Shafak

Old Babes in the Wood

Old Babes in the Wood

2023
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021

Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021

2022
Dearly: New Poems

Dearly: New Poems

2020
The Testaments

The Testaments

2019
The Secret Loves of Geeks

The Secret Loves of Geeks

2018

with Gerard Way, Dana Simpson and Patrick Rothfuss

Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold

Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold

2016
Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales

Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales

2014
The World Split Open: Great Authors on How and Why We Write

The World Split Open: Great Authors on How and Why We Write

2014

with Wallace Stegner

The Heart Goes Last

The Heart Goes Last

2013
I'm Starved for You

I'm Starved for You

2012
The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home

The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home

2012
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

2011
The Year of the Flood

The Year of the Flood

2009
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

2007
The Tent

The Tent

2006
The Penelopiad

The Penelopiad

2005
On Writers and Writing

On Writers and Writing

2002
Negotiating with the Dead

Negotiating with the Dead

2002
Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake

2002
The Blind Assassin

The Blind Assassin

2000
Alias Grace

Alias Grace

1996
Morning in the Burned House

Morning in the Burned House

1995
Good Bones and Simple Murders

Good Bones and Simple Murders

1994
The Robber Bride

The Robber Bride

1993
Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye

1988
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1985
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

1983
Bluebeard's Egg

Bluebeard's Egg

1983
Bodily Harm

Bodily Harm

1981
Life Before Man

Life Before Man

1979
Lady Oracle

Lady Oracle

1976
Surfacing

Surfacing

1972
The Edible Woman

The Edible Woman

1969

Graphic novels3

Angel Catbird, Vol. 1

Angel Catbird, Vol. 1

2016
War Bears

War Bears

2001
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1985

Collections5

Cut and Thirst

Cut and Thirst

2024
My Evil Mother

My Evil Mother

2019
Moral Disorder and Other Stories

Moral Disorder and Other Stories

2006
Wilderness Tips

Wilderness Tips

1991
Dancing Girls and Other Stories

Dancing Girls and Other Stories

1977

Box sets & omnibuses1

MaddAddam

MaddAddam

2013