Andrew Miller (novelist)

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The novelist Andrew Miller was born on April 29, 1960 in Bristol. He studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 1991. In 1995 he wrote a Ph.D. in Critical and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. For his first book Ingenious Pain he received three awards, one of which was the prestigious IMPAC award. The book has been translated into 36 languages. He currently lives in Witham Friary in Somerset. His new novel will appear in September 2008.

[edit] Bibliography

• Ingenious Pain (1997)
• Casanova (1998)
• Oxygen (2001)
• The Optimists (2005)
• One Morning Like a Bird (2008)

[edit] Awards

• 1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction) for Ingenious Pain
• 1997 Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy) for Ingenious Pain
• 1999 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Ingenious Pain
• 2001 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) for Oxygen
• 2001 Whitbread Novel Award (shortlist) for Oxygen

[edit] External links

• Andrew Miller (novelist) at www.contemporarywriters.com