Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, her prescient 1985 novel later adapted for a hit series. Expected in September 2019, The Testaments is set 15 years after the protagonist's final scene in the original book and is narrated by three female characters.
An informed expert on dystopian, patriarchal societies, the 79-year-old Canadian author of Alias Grace, Oryx and Crake and the MaddAddam trilogy reflects on penning a Handmaid's Tale sequel and writing work that inspires readers to take action.
