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Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include Cat's Eye, short-listed for the 1989 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; The MaddAddam Trilogy; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. She lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson.
A chilling invitation no Atwood fan can resist . . . The Testaments reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil. --People Margaret Atwood's powers are on full display . . . Everyone should read The Testaments. --Los Angeles Times A fast, immersive narrative that's as propulsive as it is melodramatic. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times The Testaments is worthy of the literary classic it continues. That's thanks in part to Atwood's capacity to surprise, even writing in a universe we think we know so well. --USA Today The women of Gilead are more fascinating than ever. --NPR There may be no novelist better suited to tapping the current era's anxieties than Margaret Atwood. --Entertainment Weekly Powerful, revealing, and engaging. --Boston Globe A rare treat . . . a corker of a plot, culminating in a breathless flight to freedom. --Laura Miller, Slate.com
