Anne Miller (born c. 1988) is a Scottish author, scriptwriter, producer, comedian, and researcher, best known for her work on the

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quiz show QI.Sharing Things
"1.6 Anne and Hadrien"
''University of Edinburgh'', 25 September 2020. Retrieved on 13 June 2021.

Early life and education

Miller was born in

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross ...

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and grew up in

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and

Tayport Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port on Craig, is a town and burgh, and parish, in the county of Fife, Scotland, acting as a commuter town for Dundee. The motto of the Burgh is ''Te oportet alte ferri'' ("It is incumbent on you to carry yoursel ...

.McLaren, Jennifer
"Fife children’s author Anne Miller works as an ‘Elf’ for the BBC and writes about animals and espionage"
''The Courier'', 5 May 2021. Retrieved on 13 June 2021. She attended

Madras College Madras College, often referred to as Madras, is a Scottish comprehensive secondary school located in St Andrews, Fife. It educates over 1,400 pupils aged between 11 and 18 and was founded in 1833 by the Rev. Dr Andrew Bell. History Madras Col ...

St Andrews St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's four ...

for secondary school and subsequently studied sociology and politics at

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. She graduated with a

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in 2009. She wrote her first book at six years old.

Career

Miller joined QI in 2011 and has variously worked as scriptwriter, assistant producer, producer, and researcher on the show and many of its other projects.Sharing Things
"The QI Elves"
''QI'', n.d. Retrieved on 13 June 2021.The Museum of Curiosity
"Episode 1 Series 12"
''BBC Radio 4'', 2018. Retrieved on 13 June 2021.Faber
"Anne Miller"
''Faber'', n.d. Retrieved on 13 June 2021. She is the second-most frequent guest personality on the QI podcast No Such Thing as a Fish and is a producer and head researcher for

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's comedy talk show ''

The Museum of Curiosity ''The Museum of Curiosity'' is a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4 that was first broadcast on 20 February 2008. It is hosted by John Lloyd (Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, and later at Solent University). He acts as t ...

''.No Such Thing as a Fish
"No Such Thing as a Fish"
''No Such Thing as a Fish'', n.d. Retrieved on 13 June 2021.1,342 QI Facts to Leave You Flabbergasted
"About the Authors"
''Faber & Faber'', 2016. Retrieved on 13 June 2021. As part of the QI team, Miller has co-authored the following books: *''1,342 QI Facts to Leave You Flabbergasted'' by

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, John Mitchinson, James Harkin, and Anne Miller. Published 2016, Faber & Faber. *''1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over'' by John Lloyd, James Harkin, Anne Miller, and John Mitchinson. Published 2017, Faber & Faber. *''2,024 QI Facts to Stop You in Your Tracks'' by John Lloyd, James Harkin, and Anne Miller. Published 2018, Faber & Faber. *''Funny You Should Ask... Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves'' by QI Elves. Published 2020, Faber & Faber. In 2020, she released the first book in the ''Mickey and the Animal Spies'' children's series. This story centers on a young girl named Mickey who discovers a network of animal spies. The book contains and teaches readers how to crack coded messages. *''Mickey & the Animal Spies'' by Anne Miller. Published 2020, Oxford University Press. *''Mickey & the Trouble with Moles'' by Anne Miller. Published 2021, Oxford University Press. *''Mickey & the Lost Spy'' by Anne Miller. Published 2021, Oxford University Press. She has also been published in online newspapers such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''The Herald''. She wrote a literary column for ''Standard Issue'' magazine before it became a podcast in 2017.

Personal life

She lives in

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with husband Sam, who is a musical director and lecturer.Greenaway, Heather
"Meet the Scottish brainbox behind fabulous facts on hit TV quiz show QI"
'' Daily Record'', 13 October 2020. Retrieved on 13 June 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Anne 1988 births Living people Scottish podcasters Scottish radio producers Scottish television writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Date of birth missing (living people) Scottish women writers Scottish children's writers Scottish book editors Scottish encyclopedists Scottish political writers 21st-century Scottish women writers Scottish women comedians 21st-century Scottish comedians People from Fife People from Newport-on-Tay People from Tayport British women television writers Women radio producers People educated at Madras College