American writer (born 1978)

Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller is an American novelist, author of The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018).

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American writer (born 1978)
Born
1978-07-24
Portrait of Madeline Miller
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Overview

Madeline Miller is an American novelist, author of The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018). Miller spent ten years writing The Song of Achilles while she worked as a teacher of Latin and Greek. The novel tells the story of the love between the mythological figures Achilles and Patroclus; it won the Orange Prize for Fiction, making Miller the fourth debut novelist to win the prize. She is a 2019 recipient of the Alex Awards.

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