Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL (born 29 April 1960) is an English novelist.
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Born | Bristol, England, UK | 29 April 1960
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) |
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.