BIOGRAPHY FELLOW 2019 – 2020

Abigail Santamaria

For a biography on Madeleine L’Engle

Abigail Santamaria is a founding partner of Biography by Design, LLC. She wrote the biography of Madeleine L’Engle, the beloved American author who transformed the landscape of possibility for women writers of science fiction and female protagonists. A graduate of the Columbia University MFA program in nonfiction, Santamaria has received fellowships from Jentel, Ragdale, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Santamaria is the author of Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis (2015).