Episode 102: Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Recommended Reading: The Signature of Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Pachinko by Min-Jin Lee A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Veronica by Mary Gaitskill This Episode's Sponsor: This episode is presented by Storyworth. Give your mom the most meaningful gift this Mother’s Day with StoryWorth. Get started right away with no shipping required by going to Storyworth.com/maris. You’ll get $10 off your first purchase! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices