The early version had a protagonist, Christine, who survived the revision only to die in the opening pages of the final, 110,000-word version,
“Foyles”. Naomi Alderman. About the Author.
leaving a daughter who is one of four central figures. Alderman dedicated...
Dedications
Margaret Atwood
This book famously began in the form of a serial entitled Positron, published online with Byliner
. As a volume it is dedicated to Marian Engel
, Angela Carter
, and Judy Merril
,...
Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Atwood
In 1972 MA
began a relationship with writer Graeme Gibson
, with whom she lived until his death in September 2019.
Travel
Liz Lochhead
LL
went to Glendon College in Toronto, on the first Scottish Arts Council
Scottish/Canadian Writers' Exchange.
The Canadian writer who spent that year in Scotland was the novelist Graeme Gibson
, Margaret Atwood
's partner.
Smith, Ali. “Liz Lochhead: Speaking in Her Own Voice”. Liz Lochhead’s Voices, edited by Robert Crawford and Anne Varty, Edinburgh University Press, 1993, pp. 1-16.
