Maggie Shipstead, author portrait
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Maggie Shipstead

MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD is the New York Times-bestselling author of three novels and a short story collection. Her novel Great Circle was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is currently a finalist for the Women’s Prize. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She lives in Los Angeles.

 
Maggie Shipstead is available for select speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible speaking appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit www.prhspeakers.com
You Have a Friend in 10A
Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick
Astonish Me
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You Have a Friend in 10A
Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick
Astonish Me
Seating Arrangements

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