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Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller grew up in Philadelphia and New York City, but was born in Boston Massachusetts. She earned her BA and MA while attending Brown University. Although for the past 10 year Madeline has been teaching Greek and Shakespeare to high school, she also tutors students in Latin. Currently residing in Cambridge Massachusetts, Miller continues to teach and write. The Song of Achilles has become such a great success that is has been translated into 13 different languages. The Song of Achilles, her first novel, was a New York Times Bestseller and was awarded the 2012 Orange Proze for Fiction.

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“An original page-turning homage to The Iliad…Miller’s prose is vividly atmospheric, retelling the siege of Troy in all its heroic devastation.”

- Eithne Farry, Marie Claire

"The Song of Achilles joins a venerable tradition. Taking an ancient story, it interprets the milieu and culture from which it arose, presenting the material through a modern sensibility."

- Alice Padwe, The Washington Independent Review of Books

“I loved the book. The language was timeless, the historical details were slipped in perfectly. I hope Song of Achilles becomes part of the high school summer reading lists alongside Penelopiad.”

- Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand