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Maggie Shipstead (born 1983) is an American novelist, short story author, essayist, and travel writer. She is the author of Seating Arrangements (2012) Astonish Me (2014), Great Circle (2021), and the short story collection You Have a Friend in 10A (2022). Early life and education Shipstead grew up in Mission Viejo, California. Her mother was a professor of child development and placed Shipstead into a program for "gifted" children based on an IQ test at five years old. She was a competitive horse rider. Shipstead attended Harvard University and while there she considered becoming a writer for the first time after taking Zadie Smith's course on creative writing. After earning an MFA at Iowa Writers' Workshop, she was awarded a Stegner Fellowship. Writing career After finishing the Stegner fellowship, she published her first novel, Seating Arrangements, in 2012. It describes a wedding weekend on a monied, fictional New England island, and received critical acclaim. The New York Times described it as a "smart and frothy debut novel," and it received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her second novel, Astonish Me (2014), spans three decades of intrigue and romance in the ballet world starting in 1977. It received mixed reviews, with the New York Times describing the prose as "unexceptional, subservient to the momentum of Shipstead’s schematic plot." However, The Guardian praised it for "nimble writing barely misses a beat, any plot implausibility amply compensated for by her serious addressing of a devotion to artistic endeavour that crosses generations and captivates opposing individuals." In 2021, she published her third novel, Great Circle, to wide acclaim. The Washington Post described it as a "a soaring work of historical fiction about a “lady pilot” in the mid-20th century." It was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction. It portrays a fearless female aviator, Marian Graves, who struggles to break through the sexist norms of aviation from the 1910s-1950s, while framing the story through the eyes of an actress who is portraying Graves on screen in present day. It was optioned by Picturestart in the summer of 2021 for development into a television show, with Shipstead serving as an executive producer. In 2022, Shipstead published the short story collection You Have a Friend in 10A. Many of the short stories had been previously published in journals such as Tin House and Virginia Quarterly Review in the decade leading up to the publication of Great Circle. While many of the ten stories were praised, some reviewers criticized the book for being inconsistent: while The New York Times praised the writing of "La Moretta" as a standout, it noted that other stories seemed "plainly unfinished." Shipstead also spends much of her time traveling the world and is a essayist and travel writer. She has written for magazines and newspapers including Condé Nast Traveler, The New York Times, and Departures. Personal life Shipstead lives in Los Angeles, California with her dog, Gus. Though based there, she travels extensively. She wrote about a romantic relationship she had with a man she met on a trip through the subantarctic islands south of New Zealand for Modern Love. Bibliography — (2012). Seating Arrangements. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-59946-9. LCCN 2012005049. OCLC 754714005. — (2014). Astonish Me. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-96290-4. LCCN 2013026781. OCLC 854285679. — (2021). Great Circle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-525-65697-5. LCCN 2020021074. OCLC 1154075263. — (2022). You Have a Friend In 10A: Stories. Transworld Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-85752-682-3. References External links Interview with Shipstead in the San Diego Union-Tribune . Discover the Maggie Shipstead popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Maggie Shipstead books.
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To Sing of War
Catherine McKinnonFrom the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.December 1944: In New Guine...
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Astonish Me
Maggie ShipsteadFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle comes "a novel you must read" (The Washington Post) about a mother who is trying to forget her past as a young ballerina ...
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A Place for Us
Harriet EvansMajor international bestseller and critically acclaimed author Harriet Evans weaves an “absorbing tapestry…with a comic touch even in the midst of tragedy” (Kirkus Reviews) in this...
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You Have a Friend in 10A
Maggie ShipsteadFrom the Booker Prize nominee and New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle, a piercing, irresistible first collection of short stories exquisite in their craft and au...
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Perfect Tunes
Emily Gould“An intoxicating blend of music, love, and family from one of the essential writers of the internet generation” (Stephanie Danler).Have you ever wondered what your mother was like ...
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Bonfire Night
Anna Bliss“A most tender work of art...Bonfire Night is a treasure of a novel, beautifully written with the unflinching style and subtle psychological insights of such masters as Ian McEwan ...
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Summary of Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
C.B. PUBLISHERSOriginal Book Plot:Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger, from her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the...
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Catherine LaceyNamed one of the Ten Best Books of 2023 by Time (#1), Vulture, and Publishers Weekly, and one of the Best Books of 2023 by The New York Times, the New Yorker, NPR, the Los Angeles ...
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The Woman in the Sable Coat
Elizabeth BrooksFrom the acclaimed author of The Orphan of Salt Winds, The Whispering House, and The House in the Orchard comes a passionate and fateful story of love, betrayal, and the rewardsand...
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Little Monsters
Adrienne BrodeurA National Bestseller!“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” The Washington Post “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” The New York Times Bo...
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Seating Arrangements
Maggie ShipsteadNATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize The irresistible story of a summer New England wedding weekend gone awrya deliciously biting satirical glimpse into...
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Small Admissions
Amy PoeppelPeople’s Book of the Week“Perfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep.” BooklistTop 6 Books You Need to Read BuzzFeedBest Books to Give Every Book Lover on Your List Town & ...
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The Dust Never Settles
Karina Lickorish QuinnSweeping from the bustling beaches of contemporary Lima to local ceviche bars crammed with fishermen, music and folklore; from the rise and fall of the Inca Empire to a civil war t...
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Swimming with Bridgeport Girls
Anthony TambakisSwimming with Bridgeport Girls is an “outstanding debut…entertaining and sometimes sad, a superb portrait of a troubled but wisecracking gambler. Think Carl Hiaasen meets Fyodor Do...