I created a Reddit account just so I could participate in this AMA. I'm an English teacher who loves each of your books. My favorites have to be The Edible Woman and Oryx and Crake. I read each of your novels for entertainment in the last year of my English grad studies and they kept me wonderful company.
Anyway, I have a few questions and would love answers to any of them. First, do you think of yourself as a Canadian author? When I teach your books, I tell my students (we're in midwestern-US) that you are Canadian and they often don't know how to process that. How does being from or living in Canada impact your writing?
Second, how has been a woman writer changed since your first began publishing? Do you think it is a more accepting culture now than previous?
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I created a Reddit account just so I could participate in this AMA. I'm an English teacher who loves each of your books. My favorites have to be The Edible Woman and Oryx and Crake. I read each of your novels for entertainment in the last year of my English grad studies and they kept me wonderful company.
Anyway, I have a few questions and would love answers to any of them. First, do you think of yourself as a Canadian author? When I teach your books, I tell my students (we're in midwestern-US) that you are Canadian and they often don't know how to process that. How does being from or living in Canada impact your writing?
Second, how has been a woman writer changed since your first began publishing? Do you think it is a more accepting culture now than previous?
Thanks for doing this AMA!
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