Maddie Mortimer (born 1996) is a British novelist.

Writing

Mortimer has described her first novel, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, as "an elegy to my mum and to our relationship".[1] Mortimer's mother died of cancer in 2010 and the book focuses on a fictional woman called Lia who has a "shapeshifting cancer inside her body. Moving between Lia’s past and present, the book is a look at memory, mother-daughter relationships, and coming to terms with death".[1] Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies won the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize, which is awarded for a debut novel published in the UK or Ireland.[1] It was also shortlisted for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize[2] and longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.[3]

Personal life

Mortimer studied English Literature at the University of Bristol, and has worked in marketing and as a screenwriter.[4] Her mother was the writer and filmmaker Katie Pearson.[5]

Selected publications

  • Mortimer, Maddie (2022). Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1529069365.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Shaffi, Sarah (1 July 2022). "Maddie Mortimer wins the Desmond Elliott prize for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ellis, Lizzie. "Collaborative novel wins the Goldsmiths Prize 2022". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Mortimer, Maddie (2022). Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1529069365.
  5. ↑ Mortimer, Maddie (8 July 2023). "'I became obsessed': Maddie Mortimer on the diaries her mother left behind". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Mortimer wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize for 'completely unique' Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Maddie Mortimer shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2022". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Audrey Magee and Maddie Mortimer longlisted for 2022 Booker Prize". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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