Biography

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays, and has won the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature.

In addition to the classic The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, and The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize. Oryx and Crake was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003. She was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature in 2008.

Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, published by Bloomsbury in October 2008, and in paperback in May 2009, is an intelligent, wide-ranging book that examines the metaphor of debt and the role it takes in our lives.

The Year of the Flood, published by Bloomsbury in September 2009, is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to Margaret Atwood's visionary power.

The special editions of seven Margaret Atwood novels, published by Bloomsbury in November 2009 are Oryx and Crake, The Blind Assassin, Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride and Surfacing. 

She lives in Toronto, Canada.