Member Review
I joined the Writers' Union just before my first book was published. Honestly, this was only because a smart writer I admired told me I should do it. I didn't even know how much I'd need the Union until after my book came out! I am so grateful that I took that advice -- the Union has been a consistent source of support, information, and legal counsel. A crucial part of navigating the first years of published life.
Member Profile
Margaret Atwood
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.
