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You’re invited to a fascinating exploratory conversation with Madeline Miller, bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, as she chats with us about her body of work and her process of retelling Greek classics into modern epics in fiction.
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About the Author: Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two novels: The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2012, and Circe, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty-two languages. Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms and taught Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade.
A recording will also be available for later viewing on the online author events website. This event is part of the Lee County Library System's Online Author Events Series, made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors: Friends of the Bonita Springs Library, Friends of the Pine Island Public Library, Friends of the Cape Coral Library, Friends of the South County Regional Library, Inc. and the Johann Fust Library Foundation.
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