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Madeline Miller
Retelling Greek myth through The Song of Achilles and Circe.
The Song of Achilles · Circe
- Born
- 24 July 1978
- Birthplace
- Boston
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Madeline Miller
American novelist and classics teacher whose fiction gives familiar myths intimate narrative voices. Her debut won the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Early life
Classical beginnings
Her mother read the Iliad to her in childhood. Studied classics at Brown, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Career
- 2000s
Teaching and writing
Taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare while developing her first novel.
- 2011
Debut novel
Published The Song of Achilles after a decade of work.
- 2018
Second novel
Published Circe.
Selected work
The Song of Achilles
Told the story of Achilles and Patroclus through Patroclus’s perspective.
Circe
Reimagined the mythological enchantress’s life.
Beyond work
Public writing
Has written about her experience of long COVID and its effects on daily life and her ability to write.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.