Madeline Miller is an American writer, author of two novels: The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018). Her works, both New York Times bestsellers, draw inspiration from Greek texts, particularly Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
Born in Boston in 1978, Miller studied at Brown University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s and a master’s in classics. After pursuing additional study at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought and the dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, Miller taught and tutored in Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare. Her first novel, The Song of Achilles, was written over 10 years, inspired by her experiences directing and teaching theatrical works, as...
