Keith Miller

I am an American citizen, but have spent most of my life in East and North Africa. Among other activities, I have started a library in south Sudan, been involved with a traveling peace theater in Burundi, and worked with Sudanese refugees in Cairo. I am currently a U.S. resident.

My first novel, The Book of Flying, was published by Riverhead Books in 2004. Ursula K. Le Guin said of the book that it was “original in concept, elegant in language, funny, cruel, and tender,” and Booklist called it “a beautiful and haunting modern fable that reads like exquisite poetry.” It has been published in a number of countries. My second novel, The Book on Fire, came out in 2009. I have published articles on subjects such as architecture and Alexandrian history, as well as a translation of Arthur Rimbaud’s The Illuminations.

I am married, with two children.

Interests: Nabokov, Angela Carter, Lawrence Durrell, Michael Ondaatje. Saharan languages and culture, old Arabic poetry, Alexandria past and present,modern Sudanese art.

Published writer: Yes

Freelance: Yes

Published works:

Fiction

Poetry