Margaret Atwood (Canada. b. 1939)
From Good Bones, two 600-word pieces:
Read this short story whose protagonist is meant to be Hamlet's mum!: "Gertrude Talks Back" 
(1 page) Listen to it: TP Podcast: Stories. "Gertrude Talks Back" by Margaret Atwood 
Check out our webpage on Shakespeare, by the way!
"There Was Once" (2 pages) Listen to the story read by your teacher
Watch this TV show where M. A. is interviewed as a... Closet Cartoonist! 
It's really funny and interesting! 
Margaret Atwood's Poetry, listen to her and read... The Immigrants
From
Margaret Atwood's Website, a transcribed lecture she gave:
Ophelia Has a lot to Answer for 
(7 pages) - A reflection on Madness and the artistic reflections on it.
YouTube videos:
In this one, 10 mins, she talks about The Handmaid's Tale and the witchcraft trials, theocracy, the use of religion, political disagreement, heresy, how things are repeated throughout history, etc.
Margaret Atwood's Website
Adela (Y5C, 2006-07) sent this wiki link for the case you want to know more about Margaret Atwood.
Lots of audiovisuals on her (scroll down a bit)
A 30-min 1986 interview
About Margaret Atwood
A list of her works in Fantastic Fiction
Coming at some point...
The Tent
Surfacing: Excerpts from this novel coming soon
The Handmaid's Tale (1985; Vintage UK 1996): SciFi - Psychological/Social SF
Moral Disorder and Other Stories (audio, unabridged)
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