Margaret Drabble

Dame Margaret Drabble (born June 5, 1939, in Sheffield, England) is an acclaimed English novelist, biographer, and short story writer whose works often explore women's lives amid social change; notable books include The Millstone (1965), which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and Jerusalem the Golden (1967), recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She has received major honors such as the CBE (1980), DBE (2008), E. M. Forster Award (1973), and Golden PEN Award (2011) for lifetime service to literature, and remains active, with her latest novel The Dark Flood Rises published in 2016.