"Madeline Miller, master storyteller, conjures Circe glowing and alive — and makes the Gods, nymphs and heroes of ancient Greece walk forth in all their armored splendor. Richly detailed and written with such breathtaking command of story, you will …

From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, inspired by Homer's Odyssey Chosen as must-read book of 2018 by the Guardian, Independent, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express and Stylist.

The goddess of the moon, Circe’s aunt and Helios’ sister. She drove a chariot of silvery horses across the night sky, and her husband was the beautiful shepherd Endymion, a mortal enchanted to eternal, ageless sleep. Tethys: Titan wife to Oceanos, and Circe’s grandmother.

1) Circe struggles to find a place for herself as a woman in a man’s world. What parts of her experience resonate with modern day challenges that women face? 2) A central theme of Homer’s Odyssey is a longing for “nostos”—homecoming.

Circe, the witch who turns Odysseus’ men to pigs, has proved one of Homer’s most memorable creations. We first meet the goddess in book 10 of the Odyssey , living on her lush, deserted island of Aiaia, surrounded by tame wolves and lions.

I am delighted to announce that Circe is going to be published with Bloomsbury in the UK sometime in 2018! I loved working with the fabulous Bloomsbury team on The Song of Achilles, and am thrilled to be returning for Circe.

Q.: Do the Greek myths really matter in our modern world of cutting-edge technology and tenuous global politics? A.: It can be a cliché to call a story timeless.

I am thrilled to finally be able to announce that CIRCE is heading to television with an 8 episode season on HBO Max! Here’s a Deadline article with more information, including the brilliant writers, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa (the team who is bringing us Mulan), and the producers, Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content.

I am thrilled to be able to announce that my second novel, narrated by Circe, the witch from the Odyssey, is in the hands of my US editor, Lee Boudreaux. The book is scheduled, as of now, to come out in the US early in 2018, published by Lee Boudreaux Books, an imprint of Little Brown .

Her second novel, Circe, was an instant number 1 New York Times bestseller, and won the Indies Choice Best Adult Fiction of the Year Award and the Indies Choice Best Audiobook of the Year Award, as well as being shortlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction.