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Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL (born 29 April 1960) is an English novelist.
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 Miller at Perth Festival Writers Week in 2019 | |
| Born | 29 April 1960 Bristol, England, UK |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Critical and Creative Writing |
| Alma mater | Middlesex University University of East Anglia Lancaster University |
| Genre | Fictional prose |
| Notable awards | IMPAC (1999) Costa Book Award (2011) |
Life and career
Miller was born in Bristol. He grew up in the West Country and has lived in Spain, Japan, Ireland and France.[1] He was educated at Dauntsey's School, and after gaining a first-class degree in English at Middlesex Polytechnic,[2] completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 1991. In 1995 he wrote a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. For his first book Ingenious Pain he received three awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Award for Fiction,[3] the International Dublin Literary Award;[4] and the Grinzane Cavour Prize in Italy.[5] The book has been translated into 36 languages. Miller currently lives in Witham Friary in Somerset with his daughter Frieda.
Bibliography
- Ingenious Pain (1997, Sceptre)
- Casanova (1998, Sceptre)
- Oxygen (2001, Sceptre)
- The Optimists (2005, Sceptre)
- One Morning Like a Bird (2008, Sceptre)
- Pure (2011, Sceptre)
- The Crossing (2015, Sceptre)[6]
- Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (2018, Sceptre)
- The Slowworm's Song (2022, Sceptre)
Awards
- 1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fiction Award, Ingenious Pain
- 1997 Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy), Best Foreign Fiction, Ingenious Pain
- 1999 International Dublin Literary Award, Winner, Ingenious Pain
- 2001 Booker Prize, Shortlist, Oxygen
- 2001 Whitbread Novel Award, Shortlist, Oxygen
- 2011 Costa Book Awards, Best Novel, Pure[7]
- 2011 Costa Book Awards, Costa Book of the Year, Pure[7]
- 2019 Walter Scott Prize shortlist, Now We Shall Be Entirely Free[8]
References
- Eltringham, Dan (18 June 2011). "Small talk: Andrew Miller". FT.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- Cochrane, Kira (25 January 2012). "Andrew Miller: my morbid obsession". Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- "Previous winners - fiction | James Tait Black Prize winners | People". Ed.ac.uk. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- "International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award". Impacdublinaward.ie. 2000. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- "Andrew Miller | British Council Literature". Literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- Miller, Andrew (28 June 2016). "Andrew Miller: 'I was trying to leap out of my habitual mind'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "2011 Costa Book Awards Winners Announced". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- "Carey shortlisted for 2019 Walter Scott Prize". Books+Publishing. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Andrew Miller at British Council: Literature
Media related to Andrew Miller at Wikimedia Commons
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