Alex Miller

"The imagination is the ability to empathise."

Alex Miller was born in South London. As a boy he worked in the west country of England before travelling alone to Australia at age 16. He studied history and literature at Melbourne University. A Brief Affair is his fifteenth book.

He is the award-winning author of thirteen novels, one biography and one collection of essays and stories and has been published internationally and widely in translation. He is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, first in 1992 for The Ancestor Game and again in 2003 for Journey to the Stone Country. He is also an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1993 for The Ancestor Game.

Conditions of Faith and Lovesong are both winners of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premier's Awards. Autumn Laing received the coveted Melbourne Prize for Literature, and Coal Creek, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for 2014. His twelfth novel, the autobiographical The Passage of Love, was described by the noted American scholar Nicholas Birns as 'a masterpiece in every way'.

What genres does Alex Miller write in?

Alex Miller is primarily a literary fiction writer; his output includes novels, one biography and a collection of essays and stories.

How many books has Alex Miller published?

According to the source, he has published fifteen books: thirteen novels, one biography and one collection of essays and stories.

Which of Alex Miller's novels have won major awards?

The Ancestor Game (Miles Franklin Literary Award 1992; Commonwealth Writers' Prize overall winner 1993) and Journey to the Stone Country (Miles Franklin Literary Award 2003). Conditions of Faith and Lovesong won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction; Autumn Laing won the Melbourne Prize for Literature; Coal Creek won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award (2014).

Are Alex Miller's books part of a series or should they be read in order?

Most of Miller's books are standalone novels rather than a linked series, so they can generally be read in any order.

Where is a good place to start reading Alex Miller?

Start with one of his acclaimed works: The Ancestor Game or Journey to the Stone Country for award-winning fiction, The Passage of Love if you prefer autobiographical fiction, or Autumn Laing and Coal Creek for more recent celebrated novels.