Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead (* 1983 in Mission Viejo , California , USA ) is an American author .

Life

Shipstead studied American literature from 2002 to 2005 at Harvard University , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . This was followed by an Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa , from which she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA). There she studied with Zadie Smith, among others . From 2009 to 2011 she worked, supported by a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Fiction Writing , at Stanford University in Stanford , California.

2012: Dylan Thomas Prize for Seating Arrangements
2012: Los Angeles Times Book Prize , First Novel Category for Seating Arrangements
Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize

Seating Arrangements , Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, USA 2012, ISBN 978-0-307599469 .
- German: Slight turbulence with increased flow velocity . dtv, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-24967-6 .
Astonish Me . Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, USA 2014, ISBN 978-0-307962904 .
- German by Karin Nölle: To see you dance , Roman. dtv, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-423-26089-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Shipstead, Maggie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American author
DATE OF BIRTH	1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mission Viejo , California , USA