The Resume

(November 18, 1939- )
Resides in Toronto, Ontario
Wrote ‘The Edible Woman (1969),’ ‘Surfacing (1972),’ ‘Dancing Girls (1977),’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale (1985),’ ‘Cat’s Eye (1989),’ ‘Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994),’ ‘Alias Grace (1996),’ ‘The Blind Assassin (2000)’ and ‘Oryx and Crake (2003)’

Why she might be annoying:

She is vain and bossy.
She has been called ‘frosty, scary, witch-like and remote – the high priestess of pain.’
A writer who interviewed her, said: ‘If I ever see her again, I’ll run in the opposite direction.’
She makes a big deal out of the fact that she’s Canadian.
She said one of the best things about Canadian literature is that ‘it’s not American.’
She wishes the British Commonwealth would re-claim New England.
She describes Prince Charles as a ‘precious, lacquered treasure.’

Why she might not be annoying:

She writes in many different styles.
She’s won several writing awards, including the Booker Prize.
Her dark fantasy ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is considered a satirical classic.
She uses a lot of science in her books.
In the 1970’s, she was called ‘the only famous Canadian.’
She invented some crazy contraption that allows authors to sign books over the Internet (or something).

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 100 Most Frequently Banned or Challenged Books [2000-09] (Ranked: 88)
• 20th Century Poets
• Authors Who Make Cameos in Their Book’s Movie
• Banned from Russia
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 131)
• Booker Prize Winners (Ranked: 2000)
• Booker Prize Winners (Ranked: 2019)
• Canada's Walk of Fame
• CBC's Greatest Canadians (Ranked: 71)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [November] (Ranked: 11181939)
• Celebrity Knitters
• Children's Book Authors
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 16)
• Glamour Women of the Year - 30th Annual [2019]
• I am an Agnostic
• I Attended Radcliffe College
• I Attended University of Toronto
• I Come from Canada
• I Made a Biased Comment in Public [Some Alleged]
• I Write Sci-Fi
• Influenced by Hannah Arendt
• Inventors
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Female A-K
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Mental Floss' 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years [2009] (Ranked: 22)
• Ms. Magazine's Women of the Year [1986]
• Order of Canada Recipients
• Pissed off Chicks
• Poets
• Profiles 15251-15500 (Ranked: 15350)
• Satirists and Wits
• Supersized Egos
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2017 [April 2017]
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Tree Names
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 83 Votes: 44.58% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 60 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 86 Votes: 74.42% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 96 Votes: 71.88% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 67.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 128 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 288 Votes: 69.10% Annoying