Margaret Atwood

In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative.

Margaret Atwood's sister Laura

Margaret Atwood's sister Laura publishes a book called The Blind Assassin that becomes a huge scandal and therefore a huge hit.

Margaret Atood

The Blind Assassin is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atood.

by Margaret Attwood

I love The Blind Assassin by Margaret Attwood – as a writer that’s one of the books I most admire because the books juggles so many different styles and voices and stories but each element is written beautifully.

by Bantam Doubleday

The Blind Assassin is published by Bantam Doubleday.

Maurice Maeterlinck

The title of this powerful work references the 1890 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blind.

the title of Laura Chase's novel, Sula Peace's posthumous work tucked inside of Sula Peace's sister Iris Chase's memoir

The Blind Assassin is the title of Laura Chase's novel, Sula Peace's posthumous work tucked inside of Sula Peace's sister Iris Chase's memoir.

Iris

Though the novel-within-a-novel had long been believed to be inspired by Laura's romance with Alex, a-novel is revealed that The Blind Assassin was written by Iris based on Alex's extramarital affair with Alex.

Iris Chase Griffen's late sister Laura

Iris Chase Griffen is the narrator of Iris Chase Griffen's life story both past and present, and at the same time, The Blind Assassin novel written by Iris Chase Griffen's late sister Laura, is told.

by Chad Allen

a blind assassin’s written by Chad Allen, a blind magician.

Atwood’s most emotional, yearning, heartfelt, sexy, and elegiac book ever

The Blind Assassin is quite simply Atwood’s most emotional, yearning, heartfelt, sexy, and elegiac book ever.

with her most overtly political book's Red scares and and strikes Conservative candidates harrumphing about outside agitators

If you suggest that The Blind Assassin is Margaret Atwood's most overtly political book yet – with her most overtly political book's Red scares and strikes and Conservative candidates harrumphing about outside agitators – you are swiftly corrected.

Julie Phillips's novels

Julie Phillips's novels include The Blind Assassin, winner of the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; and The Robber Bride, Cat’s Eye, The Handmaid’s Tale—now an Emmy-winning Hulu Original Series—and The Penelopiad.

Tommy Orange's novels

In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale (now a Hulu series) and (now a Hulu series's sequel The Testaments, Tommy Orange's novels include The Blind Assassin (winner of the Booker Prize), Alias Grace (winner of the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy), The Robber Bride, Cat’s Eye, The Penelopiad,

Orwell's novels

Orwell's novels include The Blind Assassin, winner of the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; and The Robber Bride, Cat’s Eye, The Handmaid’s Tale – coming soon as a TV series with MGM and Hulu – and The Penelopiad.

Gladwell

Gladwell's notable works are The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and The Blind Assassin.

Elisabeth Moss's biggest successes

Among Elisabeth Moss's biggest successes was The Blind Assassin, which was awarded the Booker Prize in 2000 (and accompanying cash award of nearly $30,000 – two years later, the Booker prize upped the amount to just over $70,000), and also named one of Time’s 100 greatest English language novels since 1923.

another inter-war romance and intrigue novel with Ian McEwan’s Atonement

The Blind Assassin ’s been another inter-war romance and intrigue novel with Ian McEwan’s Atonement.

Kan Shimozawa

The character, a blind masseur and blademaster, was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa.

A former naval aviator and Vietnam combat veteran , Stephen Coonts

A former naval aviator and Vietnam combat veteran, Stephen Coonts is the author of The Assassin, The Disciple, Liberty’s Last Stand, The Armageddon File, and sixteen national bestsellers including Flight of the Intruder, which was made into a major motion picture.