被誉为“加拿大文学女王”的玛格丽特•阿特伍德是一位勤奋多产的作家，也是二十世纪加拿大文坛为数不多享有国际声誉的诗人。现居于多伦多。

自上世纪六十年代中期起，阿特伍德便以持久旺盛的创作力不给评论界任何淡忘她的机会。她获得过除诺贝尔文学奖之外的大多数重量级国际文学奖，并被多伦多大学等十多所国内外大学授予荣誉博士学位。她的作品已被译成30多种文字。

In Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since The Handmaid's Tale. She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century.

Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.

Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?