Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939 and has degrees from the University of Toronto and Radcliffe College, and has lived in many places, including Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, Boston, England, Scotland, and France. She supported her word habit with many non-writing jobs in youth, but has been a full-time writer since 1972--fiction, screenplays, poetry, non-fiction--with short interludes of guest teaching here and there. She was chair of The Writers' Union in 1981-82, and president of PEN Canada in 1985 and 1986. She is currently working on a novel.
PUBLICATIONS:
The Blind Assassin. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000.
Alias Grace. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996.
Morning in the Burned House. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995.
The Robber Bride. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1993.
Cat's Eye. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989.
AWARDS:
Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin, 2000.
Giller Prize for Alias Grace, 1996.
Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence for The Robber Bride, 1994.
City of Toronto Book Award for Cat's Eye, 1989.
Governor General's Award, for Fiction for The Handmaid's Tale, 1986.
