瑪格麗特‧愛特伍（Margaret Atwood，1939年11月18日－）是加拿大知名作家。她生於渥太華，是位多產的詩人、小說家、文學評論家、女權主義者、社會活動家。

她是布克獎與亞瑟•C•克拉克獎的得主，七次入圍加拿大總督獎並獲獎2次。愛特伍是現當代最受尊崇的小說家之一。雖以小說家著稱，她的許多詩作也是值得關注的。她從小喜讀神話故事和童話，後來她的許多詩作都從中獲得靈感。她的小說創作更是引人入勝，寫作風格獨特，大量採用意識流和寓言式寫作技巧，女性主義色彩濃郁。

《使女的故事The Handmaid's Tale》則以意識流的手法，掌握時間的線性流動，是過去也是未來。細膩、深刻，在迷人的敘述中反覆辯證人與女人的價值，真實與虛構拉扯，挑戰讀者的閱讀神經。而她的作品《雙面葛蕾斯Alias Grace》被譽為當代西方女性主義文學經典。

《末世男女Oryx and Crake》三部曲系列是科技反烏托邦的瘟疫文學，預言生物科技和病毒變種將造成的人類浩劫。瑪格麗特以詩人敏銳的筆調，書寫人性；令人毛骨悚然、怵目驚心，瀰漫著悽涼的美學。
愛特伍的小說擅於處理人際之間錯綜複雜的關係，尤其是女性隱晦幽微的內心和身份處境。
而她的詩集創作也是很受關注，而她在2008年梅西公民講座的議題《債與償Payback》以縝密思慮探究人類自古至今「欠債」行為，是她的評論力作之一！

 

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale

A provocative blend of literary mystery, psychological thriller, and spiritual journey, Surfacing is the story of an artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Accompanied by her boyfriend and a young married couple, the artist searches her abandoned childhood home for clues her parents may have left. But in the disorienting, transformative isolation of the wilderness, her friends' marriage begins to crumble, sex becomes a catalyst for conflict, and violence and death lurk just beneath the surface. As her relentless probing leads to an electrifying confrontation with her own suppressed secrets, she rapidly descends into what could be either madness or the starkest self-knowledge. Margaret Atwood's haunting masterpiece is permeated with suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose.