Andrew Miller (born 1974 in London) is a British

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and

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, best known for his debut novel, ''

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'', published under the name A.D. Miller''.'' He studied literature at

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and

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and worked in television before joining ''

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'' magazine as a reporter in 2000.

Fiction

''Snowdrops'', an "amorality tale" set in Moscow, was published in 2011. The story is narrated by Nick Platt, a British lawyer working in Russia in the mid-noughties; Platt becomes involved with a woman he meets on the metro and is caught up in a pair of ruthless scams. It was the first novel to be shortlisted for both the

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for fiction and the CWA Gold Dagger. The novel was also nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Galaxy National Book Awards. ''Snowdrops'' received generally favourable reviews. A review in the ''Independent'' called it "an electrifying tour of the dark side of Moscow, and of human nature". The ''Financial Times'' described it as a "superlative portrait of a country in which everything has its price". The novel was translated into 25 languages. It was selected as a 'book of the year' for 2011 in the ''Financial Times,'' the ''Observer'' and the ''Spectator,'' among other publications. ''The Faithful Couple'', Miller's second novel, was published in 2015. A review in the ''Financial Times'' called it "gripping, affecting and memorable". ''The Times'' said it was "studded with little zingers or evocative phrases that encapsulate something bigger". Miller's third novel, ''Independence Square'', set during the

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in Kyiv, was published in 2020. In the ''Spectator'', David Patrikarakos said it was "a book about truth and lies, about dirty money and the manipulation of politics". In the ''Guardian'',

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said "''Independence Square'' made me think of a 21st-century Graham Greene novel, an absorbing thriller informed by

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and a deep understanding of geopolitics". In the ''Washington Post'', Ron Charles described it as "a double helix of espionage and regret".

Non-fiction

Miller's first book, published in 2006, was ''The Earl of Petticoat Lane'', a family memoir about "immigration, class,

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, love, memory and the underwear industry." It was shortlisted for the

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for books on Jewish themes. In the ''Sunday Times'', Susie Boyt called the book "family history of the best sort, the subject matter vastly appealing, the writing intelligent and clear...At the heart of this memoir looms the extraordinary figure of Miller's grandfather, whom the author presents with a novelist's sensitivity and power”. In the ''New Statesman'',

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said "there are three good reasons to buy and read this book: first, it must be the best-documented account of the class trajectory of British Jewry in the 20th century; second, it throws valuable light on contemporary debates about immigration and asylum... and third, it is a fantastically interesting and well-written story”. Miller is the author of introductions to novellas by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy for the Hesperus Press. He has served as a judge for the

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, for non-fiction about the Russian world (2013), and for the Wingate Prize (2021).

Journalism

At ''The Economist'', Miller originally wrote about British politics and culture. In 2004 he was appointed

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correspondent, and covered, among other things, the Yukos affair and the Orange Revolution. He returned to the UK in 2007 to become ''The Economists political editor and Bagehot columnist. He has since been the magazine's correspondent in the American South and its Culture Editor. Since 2021 he has written Back Story, ''The Economist'''s biweekly column on culture. Miller has written for the ''Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph'' and ''Spectator'', among other publications''.'' In 2014 "Midnight in Nowheresville", his article about spending 24 hours at a motorway service station, won Travel Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Media Awards.

References

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