After writing an acclaimed novel about William Shakespeare's family — Hamnet, adapted into an Oscar-winning film — author Maggie O'Farrell looked to her own family history for inspiration for her latest literary work, Land. Born in Northern Ireland in 1972, O'Farrell was raised in Wales and Scotland and spent summers in Ireland as a child. According to family legend, one of O'Farrell's forebears was responsible for creating one of the first official maps of Ireland.