Adrienne Miller

Adrienne Miller (born 1972) is an American writer. From 1997 to 2005, she was the fiction editor of "Esquire".

Early life

Adrienne Miller was born in 1972 in Columbus, Ohio. She lived in a small farming community surrounded by silos and cornfields until she was nine years old. At nine, her parents moved to a suburb of Akron, Ohio.

Working life

She moved to New York City, New York in the spring of 1994, a week before her college graduation. She worked at "GQ", as an editorial assistant, then as an assistant editor. In 1997, she became the literary editor of "Esquire", a position she held until leaving in 2005. In 2006, that position was filled by Tom Chiarella.

Her first novel, "The Coast of Akron", was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the summer of 2005.

Bibliography

Miller, Adrienne, "The Coast of Akron" (New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005). ISBN 0-374-12512-0

Resorces

* [http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/summer05/adriennemillerinterview.shtml Interview with Adrienne Miller]
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2005/05/06/miller/index.html Salon.com review of "Off the Akron Coast"]

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