Matrix

Name: Matrix
ISBN: 9781594634840

Women's Prize · 2022 · ShortlistAndrew Carnegie · 2022 · ShortlistJoyce Carol · 2022 · WinnerLambda Literary · 2022 · ShortlistNational Book · 2021 · Shortlist

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Riverhead BooksSeptember 7, 2021Historical FictionISBN 9781594634840

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Women's Prize for Fiction	2022	Shortlist
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction	2022	Shortlist
Joyce Carol Oates Prize	2022	Winner	“Mid-career fiction writer with distinguished body of work”
Lambda Literary Award for FictionLesbian Fiction	2022	Shortlist
National Book Award for FictionFiction	2021	Shortlist

About This Book

Marie de France, a poet and illegitimate royal of medieval England, is sent to rule over a poor, dilapidated abbey in the English countryside. Over decades, she transforms it into a thriving community, building labyrinths and pursuing a mystical vision that challenges the authority of the Church itself.

About the Author

Lauren GroffAmerican

Lauren Groff is an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Cooperstown, New York, in 1978, she studied at Amherst College and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of four novels and two short story collections, and is one of the most consistently praised American literary fiction writers of her generation. Read more →