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madeline '' , india miller at the '' kolkata literary meet 2013 boston , united states orange prize for fiction 2012 '' the song of achilles '' 24 july 1978 madeline miller - kolkata 2013-02-03 4377 cropped.jpg madeline miller
 madeline miller teacher , novelist silver
madeline miller

madeline miller is an american novelist , whose debut novel was `` the song of achilles '' .
miller spent ten years writing the book while she worked as a latin and greek teacher .
the novel , set in greece , tells the story of the love between achilles and patroclus .
`` the song of achilles '' won the orange prize for fiction , making miller the fourth debut novelist to win the prize .
