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Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. She is co-writing a TV series currently in development with Various Artists Ltd. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.<b>Remarkable </b>. . . A tearjerker, but it's hopeful too . . .<b> Brave, inventive and mature</b>
Sunday Times
Here is <b>a book to dance and sing about</b>. An<b> extraordinary, kaleidoscopic</b> dive into language
- Daisy Johnson, Man Booker-shortlisted author of <i>Everything, Under</i>,
Compelling and uplifting . . . <b>undeniably impressive: Mortimer is clearly a talent to watch</b>
Telegraph
An<b> original and memorable novel</b> written in <b>shimmering </b>prose. The characters stayed with me long after I’d finished reading
- Sarah Moss, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of <i>Ghost Wall</i> and <i>Summerwater</i>,
<b>Lyrical and beautiful</b>, this is a novel <b>unlike anything else</b>
Stylist
Both <b>expansive and intimate</b>, <i>Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies</i> is an intricate portrait of a life hurtling towards the inevitable. An <b>extraordinary</b> debut.
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Mercies</i>,
<b>Striking</b> . . . formally inventive . . . <b>Sadness is not allowed to crowd out wit and joy</b>
New Yorker
A <b>beautiful </b>novel about death that feels completely alive, <b>pulsing with tenderness and wit</b>
- Megan Hunter, author of <i>The End We Start From</i> and <i>The Harpy</i>,
An <b>extraordinary </b>debut, unlike anything I've read. <b>Wildly inventive, poetic and poignant</b>, this is <b>a rare gem of a novel</b> that took my imagination to new places and touched my heart.
- Emma Stonex, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Lamplighters</i>,
<p>Technically <b>dazzling </b>. . . Mortimer has <b>the same felicity with language as Jon McGregor</b>, combining an <b>incantatory </b>prose style with imagery<b> so acute it almost burns</b></p>
Daily Mail
<b>Ambitious, sprawling</b> . . . brings to mind Eimear McBride's <i>A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing</i> . . .<b> restlessly inventive</b> . . . <b>delicate and persuasive</b> . . . <b>sharply funny</b>
Guardian
It may <b>move between different styles and moods</b>, but underpinning it all is <b>the book’s bursting energy</b> and, in the face of death,<b> its verve for life</b>
i newspaper
This is a touching, eye-opening perspective on life and illness like you've never read before
Good Housekeeping
Using word placement, font, and shape to create images on the page, Mortimer deepens the reader’s engagement with the story and characters . . . Through <b>breathtaking</b> attention to detail, Mortimer crafts<b> a stunning novel that touches on the expanses one life can contain</b>
Booklist (starred)
Maddie Mortimer's <b>dazzling</b> debut novel about a woman with breast cancer is <b>a life-affirming read</b> - all the more so because of its proximity to death . . . While there are many books that explore these themes, it is rare to find one that does so in such an <b>immersive and harrowing</b> way
Straits Times