Alex Miller (writer)

Alexander McPhee Miller (born 27 December 1936) is an Australian novelist. Miller is twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, in 1993 for The Ancestor Game and in 2003 for Journey to the Stone Country. He won the overall award for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for The Ancestor Game in 1993. He is twice winner of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Conditions of Faith in 2001 and for Lovesong in 2011. In recognition of his impressive body of work and in particular for his novel Autumn Laing he was awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2012.

For other people named Alex Miller, see Alex Miller (disambiguation).

Alex Miller
Alex Miller at Vassar College, New York, 2013
BornAlexander McPhee Miller
(1936-12-27) 27 December 1936
London, England
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAustralian
Period1975–present
GenreLiterary fiction
Notable worksThe Ancestor Game,
Journey to the Stone Country,
Lovesong
Notable awardsThe Miles Franklin Award
1993, 2003
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