Margot Lee Shetterly | |
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 Shetterly in 2016 | |
| Born | June 30, 1969 Hampton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia (BS) |
| Subject | Black history, women's history |
| Notable awards | Sloan Fellowship, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellow |
| Website | |
| www.margotleeshetterly.com | |
Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space program. She sold the movie rights while still working on the book, and it was adapted as a feature film of the same name, Hidden Figures (2016).[1] For several years Shetterly and her husband lived and worked in Mexico, where they founded and published Inside Mexico, a magazine directed to English-speaking readers.
- ^ Buckley, Cara (May 20, 2016). "Uncovering a Tale of Rocket Science, Race and the '60s". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2016.