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Margot Lee Shetterly

1969 - Today

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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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Margot Lee Shetterly is the 7,287th most popular writer, the 17,645th most popular biography from United States and the 1,171st most popular American Writer.

Margot Lee Shetterly is most famous for her book "Hidden Figures," which tells the story of African American women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race. The book was adapted into a successful film, further popularizing the contributions of these women to science and technology.

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Among writers, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 7,287 out of 7,302. Before her are Laura Gallego García, Denise Mina, Djaili Amadou Amal, Stefan Molyneux, A. L. Kennedy, and Gints Zilbalodis. After her are Tom Bergeron, Nirupama Rao, Lama Abu-Odeh, Najat El Hachmi, Kristin Cashore, and Chuck Hogan.

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Among people born in 1969, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 1,126. Before her are Ebele Okoye, Yasushi Matsumoto, José Alves dos Santos Júnior, Takeshi Yonezawa, Andrew Breitbart, and Ryo Adachi. After her are Yuji Okuma, Vadim Khamuttskikh, Ye Chong, Erika Alexander, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Natasha Little.

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Among people born in United States, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 17,652 out of 20,380. Before her are Danny Manning (1966), Jeff Dean (1968), Megan Dodds (1970), Matthew Libatique (1968), Chris Chalk (1977), and Debi Thomas (1967). After her are Mark Begich (1962), Kirk Franklin (1970), Khris Middleton (1991), Tom Bergeron (1955), Lindsay Ellingson (1984), and Ashley Williams (1978).

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Among writers born in United States, Margot Lee Shetterly ranks 1,171. Before her are Lev Grossman (1969), Paula White-Cain (1966), Rita Dove (1952), Ian Brennan (1978), Jim Cornette (1961), and Chris Savino (1962). After her are Tom Bergeron (1955), Kristin Cashore (1976), Chuck Hogan (1967), Vince Flynn (1966), Jeff Pinkner (1964), and Marissa Meyer (1984).

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