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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. Biography Miller was born on July 24, 1978, in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. Miller attended Brown University, completing both a bachelor's and master's degree in Classics (2000 and 2001, respectively). She started writing her first novel, The Song of Achilles, during the final year of her bachelors after co-directing a production of Troilus and Cressida. She has said that the scene in the play that shows Patroclus' death sparked her interest in telling his story and pushed her to start writing. Prior to this moment, she already had a deep interest in Greek mythology and classics. Her mother, a librarian, started reading her The Iliad at five years old and she started learning Latin at 11. After completing her degrees, Miller then went on to teach Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare to high school students. While working as a teacher, Miller continued work on her novel. She later studied for a year at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought working towards a PhD and from 2009 to 2010 at the Yale School of Drama for an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism. She has discussed how Long COVID has affected her life since a February 2020 COVID-19 infection. In an op-ed in The Washington Post in August 2023, she said that having had the disease for three years, she had regained the ability to write but her fatigue had worsened. Novels The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles, Miller's debut novel, was released in September 2011. The book took her ten years to write. Set in Greece, the novel tells the story from Patroclus' point of view and the bond that grew between him and Achilles. The novel won the 17th annual Orange Prize for Fiction. Circe Circe, Miller's second novel, was released on April 10, 2018. The book is a modern reimagining told from the perspective of Circe, an enchantress in Greek mythology who is featured in Homer's Odyssey. Circe was ranked the second-greatest book of the 2010s by Paste. Tutor House ranked Circe in its top books for Classics students in 2021. An 8-part miniseries adaptation of the book has been greenlit for HBO Max. Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are set to write and produce the adaptation. Galatea A short story originally released as an e-book in 2013. It was later released in hardback in March 2022. The novel is a retelling of the Greek myth Pygmalion from the perspective of the sculptor's statue. Heracles' Bow A short story contained within The Song of Achilles, published on August 7, 2012. It takes from the perspective of Philoctetes, how he suffered his snake bite, and his abandonment by his companions. Much of the story takes place as a dialogue between Philoctetes and an imaginary Heracles, though other characters from The Song of Achilles also appear in it. Persephone In December 2021, Miller announced via an Instagram post that she was working on her new novel, about the goddess Persephone. Genre, style and influences Miller is known for writing mythological realism. Miller's novels re-imagine stories from Greek mythology, while focusing on themes that she considers timeless, like dysfunctional families and homesickness. She has said that she finds relevance to retelling The Odyssey because it related to "universal human experiences." In an interview, Miller said that she sees genre as "permeable and changeable" but said that her books could be characterized as "either literary adaptation or mythological realism. Or just plain old fiction!". Miller has said though that her approach to the original material was quite different for her two novels. In The Song of Achilles she took an existing story "hidden in the material already" and for Circe she challenged the classic texts by taking out Odysseus voice and replacing it with Circe's, a more "subversive retelling". Miller told a reporter from The Guardian that her inspirations include David Mitchell, Lorrie Moore, Anne Carson, and Virgil. Miller expressed "hate" and "visceral disgust" towards Ayn Rand's book The Fountainhead. As she herself indicated, she hates the "ideas behind it". Instead, she prefers books by James Herriot and Chinua Achebe. Awards Bibliography The Song of Achilles. London: Bloomsbury, 2011. ISBN 9781408816035, OCLC 770085076 Circe: A Novel. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. ISBN 9780316556347, OCLC 1029608347 References External links Official website Madeline Miller on Twitter . Discover the Madeline Miller popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Madeline Miller books.
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Tudor Agent
Robert Farrington1485: Richard III lies dead, and the Wars of the Roses are reaching a murderous endThe Battle of Bosworth Field is over, and Richard III's righthand man, Henry Morane, faces hangin...
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The Betrayal of Father Tuck
Angus DonaldWith Robert, Earl of Locksley better known as Robin Hood away fighting in the Holy Land, MarieAnne, his beloved countess, is left in England attended by faithful Father Tuck. But...
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Mein Name ist Lilith
Nikki MarmeryUngezähmt, ungebrochen, unwiderstehlich: die wahre Schöpfungsgeschichte, erzählt von Lilith, der ersten Frau.Im Paradies, am Anfang der Zeit, beginnt die große Lüge: Frauen sind Mä...
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The African Samurai
Craig ShreveSet in late 16thcentury Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreignborn samurai ...
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Wendy, Darling
A.C. WiseA lush, feminist reimagining on what happened to Wendy after Neverland, for fans of Circe and The Mere Wife.LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVELFind the second star from the r...
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The Traitors of Bosworth
Robert Farrington1487: Wars of the Roses are over, but for one man the battle burns onThe battle of Stoke Field is won. With the help of his spy and Richard III's onetime righthand man Henry Morane...
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Ich, Lady Macbeth
Isabelle SchulerDie Geschichte der Lady Macbeth, wie niemand sie kennt: ein erfrischendes, feministisches DebütSchottland, 11. Jahrhundert: Mächtige Männer kämpfen um den Thron. Daher wagt das Mä...
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The House on Vesper Sands
Paraic O’DonnellAn Oprah Daily and CrimeReads Best Historical Novel of 2021Named a Library Reads Pick, Apple Books' Best Book, Amazon Fiction & Literature's “Best of the Month,” and a Powell's...
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The Iron Castle
Angus DonaldAD 1203: ROBIN HOOD MUST TURN THE TIDE OF WARNormandy AblazeAD 1203: England and France are locked in a brutal struggle for power. The fate of the embattled duchy of Normandy is in...
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Inanna
Emily H. WilsonAn enthralling and lyrical fantasy debut, and the first in an incredible new trilogy retelling The Epic of Gilgamesh, perfect for readers of Madeline Miller's Circe and Jennif...
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The Hollow Sea
Annie KirbyTHE ISLANDERS SAY IT'S CURSED. BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY . . .'A bold, magical story' JO BROWNING WROE, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Terrible Kindness'A majesti...
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Scorpica
G.R. MacallisterA centurieslong peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born in this sweeping epic fantasy that’s perfect for fans of Robin Hob...
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A Guide to the Beasts of East Africa
Nicholas DraysonFor lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, the engaging follow up to Nicholas Drayson's muchloved A Guide to the Birds of East Africa sees the return of Mr Malik and the East African Or...
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Inquisition
Alfredo ColittoIn 14thcentury Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist a man of science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition. But the corpse brought to Mondino's laboratory one stormy ni...
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Silenced
Ann ClaycombA powerful fairy tale of four women each cursed by the same abusive man. Gripping and essential, it will captivate readers of Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Heather Walter's Malice ...
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Snakehead
Dame Gwyneth Jones & Ann HalamA gripping retelling of the myth of Perseus by awardwinning author Gwyneth Jones, writing as Ann Halam.Perseus, the GodTouched son of Zeus, lives in luxury on the island of Serifos...
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Cunning Women
Elizabeth LeeONE OF GRAZIA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' MARIAN KEYES 'A dark, bewitching and captivating read that had my heart in my mouth by the ending' JENNIFER ...
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Medea
Eilish QuinDiscover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Ele...
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Gilgamesh
Emily H. WilsonThe second book in the enthralling and lyrical Sumerians trilogy, retelling the Epic of Gigamesh, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Lucy Holland and Jennifer Saint.Now is the ti...
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The Brown Reader
Judy Sternlight“To be up all night in the darkness of your youth but to be ready for the day to come…that was what going to Brown felt like.” Jeffrey EugenidesIn celebration of Brown University’s...
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Nectar of the Gods
Liv AlbertSip sweet libations worthy of the Gods with these Greek myth–inspired concoctions based on all your favorite Gods and Goddesses.Care for Hestia’s Old Fashioned? Want to fall in lov...
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The Thirteenth Tale
Diane SetterfieldInstant #1 New York Times bestseller“Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story.”People“Eerie and fascinating.”USA TODAYSometi...
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Paris By Starlight
Robert DinsdaleA magical new novel from the acclaimed author of THE TOYMAKERS, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern.'A spellbinding tale of nocturnal life and magic in the streets...
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The Honey and the Sting
Elizabeth Fremantle'A lush, thrilling pageturner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in thi...
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We Must Not Think of Ourselves
Lauren GrodsteinTHE TODAY SHOW READ WITH JENNA DECEMBER 2023 PICK Inspired by a littleknown piece of historythe underground group that kept an archive to ensure that the lives of Jewish occupants ...
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Sin Eater
Megan Campisi“For fans of The Handmaid’s Tale...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hardwon female empowerment” (The Washington Post).The...
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More Perfect
Temi OhA reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, for fans of Becky Chambers and William Gibson by Alex Award–winning author Temi Oh.Using the myth of Eurydice as a structur...
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More Miracle Than Bird
Alice Miller“Marvelous.” Paula McLainA New York Times Book Review Summer Reading SelectionOn the eve of World War I, twentyoneyearold Georgie HydeLees meets the acclaimed poet W. B. Yeats...
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Once Upon a River
Diane SetterfieldFrom the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “eerie and fascinating” (USA TODAY) The Thirteenth Tale comes a “swift and entrancing, profound and beautiful” (Madelin...
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Arca
G.R. MacallisterReturn to the Five Queendoms in the sequel to Scorpica, a sweeping epic fantasy that Rebecca Roanhorse called “ambitious and engaging,” in which a centurieslong peace is shattered ...
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The Rise of Robin Hood
Angus DonaldSomething is stirring in the heart of Sherwood. Two desperate young men undertake their first robbery in the tangled depths of a medieval forest. The first is a cutthroat charmer ...
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Small Gods
Terry PratchettFans of Sir Terry Pratchett will love this stunning graphic novel adaptation of his bestselling standalone Discworld novel Small Gods. Beautifully brought to life by illustrator Ra...
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Le silence des vaincues
Pat Barker & Laurent BuryUNE SPLENDIDE ODE AUX FEMMES ET À LEURS COMBATSLa guerre de Troie, mythe fondateur de toute la littérature européenne, commence par la banale histoire d'une reine enlevée à son épo...
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The Hostility of Hanno
Angus DonaldAlan Dale, a loyal soldier in the service of The Earl of Locksley, also known as Robin Hood, is part of a vast Christian army seeking to recapture the Holy Land from the Saracen ho...