Adrienne Miller
Encyclopedia
Adrienne Miller is an American
writer
. From 1997 to 2005, she was the fiction editor of Esquire
. She is also the Favorite Professor Ever of many of her students, one in particular.
. 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
.
, 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.
During the fall semester of 2009, she took up a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences where she taught a writing seminar on Russian author Vladimir Nabokov and Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
. The class on Nabokov was widely acknowledged as one of the greatest writing seminars to have ever been taught at Penn.
United States
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Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. From 1997 to 2005, she was the fiction editor of Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
. She is also the Favorite Professor Ever of many of her students, one in particular.
Early life
Adrienne Miller was born in 1972 in Columbus, OhioColumbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
. 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
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
.
Working life
She moved to New York City, New York in the spring of 1994, a week before her college graduation. She worked at GQGQ (magazine)
GQ is a monthly men's magazine focusing on fashion, style, and culture for men, through articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books...
, as an editorial assistant, then as an assistant editor. In 1997, she became the literary editor of Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, a position she held until leaving in 2005. In 2006, that position was filled by Tom Chiarella
Tom Chiarella
Tom Chiarella is Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at DePauw University and writer-at-large and fiction editor of Esquire Magazine.Born Rochester NY , he received a BA in Studio Art/Writing at St...
.
Her first novel, The Coast of Akron, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
in the summer of 2005.
During the fall semester of 2009, she took up a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences where she taught a writing seminar on Russian author Vladimir Nabokov and Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
. The class on Nabokov was widely acknowledged as one of the greatest writing seminars to have ever been taught at Penn.