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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The writer and journalist Viv Groskop reviewed The Song of Achilles for The Independent! Here is a an excerpt below: “For a whistlestop tour around the life and times of Achilles, you’d be hard pressed to find a better guide than Madeline Miller. This accomplished and enjoyable novel…is original, clever and in a class of…
Read MoreAn excerpt from Lesley McDowell’s review of The Song of Achilles in the Sunday Herald: “Miller’s prose flows easily and poetically, and treats the relationship between the two men with sensitivity and skill… A fascinating debut.”
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