Madeleine Mortimer (born 1996) is an English novelist.

Early life

Mortimer is from West London and attended Latymer Upper School.[1] She studied English Literature at the University of Bristol, and has worked in marketing and as a screenwriter.[2] Her mother was the writer and filmmaker Katie Pearson.[3]

Writing

Mortimer has described her first novel, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, as "an elegy to my mum and to our relationship".[4] 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".[4] Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies won the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize, which is awarded for a debut novel published in the UK or Ireland.[4] It was also shortlisted for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize[5] and longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.[6]

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2022 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Booker Prize — Longlisted [7]
Desmond Elliott Prize — Won [8][4]
Goldsmiths Prize — Shortlisted [5][9]
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award — Shortlisted
2023 Betty Trask Prize and Awards Betty Trask Award Won

Selected publications

  • Mortimer, Maddie (2022). Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. London: Picador. ISBN 9781529069365.

References

  1. ^ "Booker Prize nominee, Latymerian Maddie Mortimer speaks to students". Latymer Upper School. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ Mortimer, Maddie (2022). Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1529069365.
  3. ^ Mortimer, Maddie (8 July 2023). "'I became obsessed': Maddie Mortimer on the diaries her mother left behind". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b c d Shaffi, Sarah (1 July 2022). "Maddie Mortimer wins the Desmond Elliott prize for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Ellis, Lizzie (10 November 2022). "Collaborative novel wins the Goldsmiths Prize 2022". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Audrey Magee and Maddie Mortimer longlisted for 2022 Booker Prize". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Mortimer wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize for 'completely unique' Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Maddie Mortimer shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2022". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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