Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller is an American novelist best known for reimagining classical Greek mythology through the perspectives of characters whose voices are limited or marginalised in the original sources. She studied Classics at Brown University and later taught Latin and Greek, developing a detailed knowledge of ancient literature that informs her fiction. Her novels combine mythological material with psychological realism, exploring love, identity, power and the consequences of divine intervention.

Her debut novel, The Song of Achilles, retells the story of Achilles and Patroclus against the background of the Trojan War and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She followed it with Circe, which reconstructs the life of the enchantress from Homer’s Odyssey as a story of exile, independence and transformation. Miller’s work is noted for its lyrical prose, emotional intensity and ability to make ancient myths accessible to modern readers.