ABIGAIL SANTAMARIA

ABIGAIL SANTAMARIA is currently at work on I Am Meg: The Life of Madeleine L'Engle (forthcoming, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), the first adult biography of the author who brought us A Wrinkle in Time. Abby is also the author of Joy: Poet, Seeker, & the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), a biography of the communist poet Joy Davidman. In 2016, Abby co-founded Biography by Design, LLC, with Kate Buford, to help individuals, families and corporations tell their stories in a variety of formats ranging from custom-crafted books to website narratives. Abby earned a MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, has contributed to numerous publications, and lives in New York City with her family.