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Maggie Shipstead
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  • About this Author
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Maggie Shipstead was born in 1983 and grew up in Orange County, California. Her short fiction has appeared in Tin House, VQR, Glimmer Train, The Best American Short Stories, and other publications. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a recipient of the Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University.

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Seating Arrangements

Written by Maggie Shipstead

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00

A San Francisco Chronicle and Daily Candy Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction
Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize

The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to the... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD, unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a hardcover.

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Seating Arrangements

Written by Maggie Shipstead

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $25.95

Maggie Shipstead’s Seating Arrangements is a stunning debut, an irresistible social satire that is also an unforgettable meditation on the persistence of hope, the yearning for connection, and the promise of enduring love.

Winn Van Meter is heading for his family’s retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD, unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.

Seating Arrangements

Written by Maggie Shipstead

Format: eBook, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $9.99

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Also available as an unabridged audio CD, unabridged audiobook download, hardcover and a trade paperback.
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