Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead American novelist. She is the author of Seating Arrangements (2012) and Astonish Me (2014) Seating Arrangements won the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction in 2012. Her third novel, Great Circle, was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. It is about a fearless female aviator and the actress who portrays her on screen decades later as their lives intersect. Shipstead also spends much of her time traveling the world and is a frequent contributor to magazines including Condé Nast Traveler and Departures. A collection of short stories is expected in the summer of 2022.She grew up in Mission Viejo, California, and currently resides in New York