Quote of the Day

"You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature."

- Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller has a BA and MA from Brown University in Latin and Ancient Greek, and has been teaching both for the past nine years. She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama, specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience. The Song of Achilles is her first novel and was the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.