Andrew Miller (novelist)

Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller (right)
Born (1960-04-29) 29 April 1960
Bristol
Occupation Author
Language English
Nationality British
Education Critical and Creative Writing
Alma mater Middlesex University
East Anglia
Lancaster
Genre Fictional prose
Notable awards IMPAC (1999)
Costa Book Award (2011)

Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL (born 29 April 1960) is an English novelist.

Biography

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 IMPAC 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.

Bibliography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Eltringham, Dan (18 June 2011). "Small talk: Andrew Miller". FT.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Cochrane, Kira (25 January 2012). "Andrew Miller: my morbid obsession". Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award". Impacdublinaward.ie. 2000. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Andrew Miller | British Council Literature". Literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/28/andrew-miller-the-crossing
  7. 1 2 "2011 Costa Book Awards Winners Announced". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.


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