UNITED KINGDOM

Acclaimed Irish-British novelist Maggie O’Farrell has won numerous awards for her books including the Betty Trask, the Somerset Maugham and the Costa Book Awards. Her latest novel Hamnet, a recreation of the story of the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son, has been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her memoir I am, I am, I am reached number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list. O’Farrell has also worked as journalist including as the deputy literary editor of The Independent on Sunday.

Maggie O'Farrell appears in our 2020 WINTER SERIES. View the Episode 13 video or listen to the podcast.