Maddie Mortimer

Madeleine Mortimer (born 1996) is an English novelist.

Maddie Mortimer
Born	1996 (age 28–29)
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	British
Education	Latymer Upper School
Alma mater	University of Bristol
Genre	Literary fiction
Notable works	Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (2022)
Notable awards	Desmond Elliott Prize (2022)

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.