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"I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later, I was backpacked into the Quebec bush. I grew up in and out of the bush, in and out of Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto."

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About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, and critic known for literary fiction and speculative works. Her books include The Handmaids Tale and Alias Grace.

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