Margaret Atwood reveals more about why she's writing a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'
LOS ANGELES - Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," her prescient 1985 novel later adapted for a hit series on Hulu. Announced on Wednesday and 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 prolific Canadian author of "Alias Grace," "Oryx and Crake" and the "MaddAddam" trilogy will also be honored on Monday by leading women's rights organization Equality Now. The Make Equality Reality gala will also laud "The Hate U Give" actress Amandla Stenberg and behavioral geneticist Sue Smalley at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
