Lucasta Miller
Encyclopedia
Lucasta Frances Elizabeth Miller (born 25 June 1966) is an English writer
and literary
journalist
.
and Lady Margaret Hall
Oxford
, receiving a congratulatory first in English in 1988. She was awarded a PhD at the University of East Anglia
in 2007.
in the mid 1990s. Well-known for her seminal study in metabiography
, The Bronte Myth (published by Jonathan Cape
in the UK in 2001 and Knopf in the USA in 2003) she has also been a regular contributor to The Guardian
, as a profile and comment writer, a reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement
and the Economist
and was one of the judges of the Man Booker Prize
in 2009. She has been a trustee of the London Library
and the Wordsworth Trust
and is currently editorial director of Notting Hill Editions.
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....
and literary
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
journalist
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
.
Education
Miller was educated at Westminster SchoolWestminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
and Lady Margaret Hall
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, receiving a congratulatory first in English in 1988. She was awarded a PhD at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
in 2007.
Career
Miller worked as deputy literary editor of the IndependentThe Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
in the mid 1990s. Well-known for her seminal study in metabiography
Metabiography
Metabiography is concerned with the relation of biographical representations to the temporal, geographical, institutional, intellectual or ideological locations of biographers. It is an hermeneutics of biography that sees the biographee as a collective construct of different memory cultures and so...
, The Bronte Myth (published by Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape was a London-based publisher founded in 1919 as "Page & Co" by Herbert Jonathan Cape , formerly a manager at Duckworth who had worked his way up from a position of bookshop errand boy. Cape brought with him the rights to cheap editions of the popular author Elinor Glyn and sales of...
in the UK in 2001 and Knopf in the USA in 2003) she has also been a regular contributor to The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, as a profile and comment writer, a reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.-History:...
and the Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
and was one of the judges of the Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
in 2009. She has been a trustee of the London Library
London Library
The London Library is the world's largest independent lending library, and the UK's leading literary institution. It is located in the City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom....
and the Wordsworth Trust
Wordsworth Trust
The Wordsworth Trust is a living memorial set up to celebrate the works of the poet William Wordsworth and his contemporaries. Wordsworth, conscious of the need for poetry to renew itself within a tradition speaks of writing for 'youthful poets' who 'will be my second self when I am gone.'An...
and is currently editorial director of Notting Hill Editions.