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American writer (born 1978)

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Madeline Miller is an American writer, teacher, novelist, and docent born in Boston in 1978. She is a female author who speaks and writes in English. Her education includes studies at Brown University, the University of Chicago, and the Yale School of Drama.

Miller is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe. She has received the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her other notable works include the short stories Galatea and Mestra, as well as Year of the Dragon, Airplanes, Collies as pets, Dachshunds as pets, and Bunnies as pets.

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Works
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Top works

  • Year of the Dragon
  • Airplanes
  • Collies as pets
  • Dachshunds as pets
  • Bunnies as pets

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Key facts

Born
( 1978-07-24 ) July 24, 1978 (age 47) , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
Education
Brown University ( BA , MA ), University of Chicago , Yale University
Notable works
The Song of Achilles , Circe
Notable awards
Orange Prize for Fiction (2012)

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Official website

Madeline Miller NYT #1 bestselling author of Circe official website

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles, Circe, and the short stories Galatea and Mestra

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Instance of
human
Family name
Miller
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Boston
Occupation
novelist
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Circe
Official website
www.madelinemiller.com
Image
Madeline Miller - Kolkata 2013-02-03 4377 Cropped.JPG
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date of birth
1978-07-24
social media followers
45051
writing language
English language
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Madeline Miller
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Encyclopedic overview

Madeline Miller (born July 24, 1978) 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.

Early life and family

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madeline Miller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.