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Margot Lee Shetterly
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1969
Margot Lee Shetterly 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). 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.
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About Margot Lee Shetterly
Birth
1969
First book
2016
Years writing
10
Margot Lee Shetterly 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). 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.
Margot Lee Shetterly was born in Hampton, a city deeply connected to the history of space exploration.
Her most acclaimed work, Hidden Figures, brings to light the fundamental contributions of African American women at NASA.
Beyond being a writer, she has a strong scientific background that allows her to approach complex topics with great rigor.
Her work focuses on uncovering forgotten stories about the space race and the role of Langley in United States history.
Throughout her career, she has published three works that explore the intersection of science, history, and society.
