Madeline Miller has a BA and MA from Brown University in Latin and Ancient Greek, and has been teaching both for the past nine years. She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama, specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience. The Song of Achilles is her first novel and was the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 I’m in the middle of Kathryn Harrison’s novel Enchantments right now. The book narrates the events before, during and after the fall of the the Romanovs, through the eyes of “Masha,” Rasputin’s daughter. I’m enjoying it very much, and particularly admire Masha’s sharp, satiric voice. Having survived the revolution she finds…
Read MoreTuesday, May 22nd, 2012 I’ve just updated my appearances page in include my UK paperback tour. It includes two events at the Hay Festival, which I’m very excited about, as well as terrific evenings at the Bristol Festival of Ideas, Topping Books and the Twickenham Library. In other news, I recently wrote an essay for…
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