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Margaret Atwood

Author of The Handmaid's Tale

u/m_atwood ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

Her 2013 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 2 posts and 50 comments from u/m_atwood, dated 2013 to 2014, most often in r/books and r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I Am Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, and the new novel MaddAddam. Ask Me Anything!”

I can honestly say that without a doubt, 'The Handmaid's Tale' was the scariest book I have read. May I ask if you had someone in mind while writing the character of Serena Joy?

u/m_atwood replied

More like a type: women who make a career out of telling other women they shouldn't have careers. Also the Shelley Winter character in the splendid film Night of the Hunter (Robert Mitchum's best role, IMHO)

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I Am Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, and the new novel MaddAddam. Ask Me Anything!”

Hi, I’m a high school English teacher in Northern California who is rolling out a unit featuring The Handmaid’s Tale--we’re starting Thursday! My question: What would you say to a group of students from an affluent community weaned on science and technology to convince them of…

u/m_atwood replied

As they already know some science, show them some brain-science and evo-devo studies - folks studying the inherent human story-telling "platform." We tell stories because we're human. The novel appears to be the most brain-intensive media form - second only to being there.