Margaret Atwood
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.*
Books
- The Handmaid's Tale 1985
- The Testaments 2019
- Oryx and Crake 2002
- The Blind Assassin 2000
- alias Grace 1996
- The Penelopiad 2005
- The Edible Woman 1969
- Cat's Eye 1988
- The Year of the Flood 2009
- Surfacing 1972
- MaddAdam 2013
- Hag-Seed 2016
- 40 Short Stories -- Sixth Edition 2021
- The Robber Bride 1993
- The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction--Shorter Eighth Edition 2015
- Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition 2001
- Perrine's Literature--Structure, Sound & Sense--Twelfth Edition 2015
- The Heart Goes Last 2015
- Literature--An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing--Eleventh Edition 2006
- Literature 1986
- Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces 1991
- Lady Oracle 1976
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level 2002
- Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition 2016