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Mar 25, 2024 · Margaret Atwood is the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and many other books. Her latest, “Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023,” will be published in October. This essay is adapted...
She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000.
Margaret Atwood is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has been presented with the Order of Ontario and the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit, and has been awarded 16 honorary degrees. She has lived in many places including Canada, England, Scotland and France, and currently lives in Toronto.
