A.D. Miller is a highly acclaimed literary fiction author from London. He is best known for his debut novel, "Snowdrops," which was shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Man Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. The novel, a study in moral degradation set in modern Russia, has been translated into twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the IMPAC award.
Miller's academic background in literature includes studying at Cambridge and Princeton. In addition to his fiction writing, he has also written a memoir, "The Earl of Petticoat Lane," which was shortlisted for the Wingate prize. His second novel, "The Faithful Couple," was published in 2015.
Miller has had a distinguished career in journalism, serving as The Economist's Moscow correspondent, political columnist, writer-at-large, and correspondent in the American South. In 2018, he became the magazine's culture editor. He has won several awards for his journalism, including Travel Story of the Year at the FPA Media Awards in 2014 for a piece about 24 hours at a motorway service station. He has also been shortlisted three times for the David Watt Prize, for another FPA Award, and for Political Commentator of the Year and Magazine Commentator of the Year at the Comment Awards.
Miller has written for numerous publications, including the Financial Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Spectator, Literary Review, Evening Standard, Intelligent Life, and 1843. He uses his initials as his byline because another novelist already had his name.