Amarna Miller
Questions & answers
Questions about Amarna Miller’s books, studies, name, presenting work and experience as an expedition guide.
Where is Amarna Miller from?
She was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1990.
What inspired her public name?
Amarna refers to the Egyptian region near the Nile. Miller comes from the writer Henry Miller, whom she admired as a teenager.
What has she studied?
Her publisher and literary agency list a Fine Arts degree and a master’s in Anthropology Research.
What was her first book?
Manual de psiconáutica, published by Lapsus Calami in 2015, combines poetry with analogue photographs.
What is her 2021 essay about?
Vírgenes, esposas, amantes y putas considers women’s experiences and social expectations through personal reflection, including self-esteem, ageing and unequal standards.
When was Más allá del mapa published?
Temas de Hoy published the travel essay in March 2026.
Where did her first major independent trip take her?
She described spending three months in Australia and one month in New Zealand after finishing her Fine Arts studies in 2013.
What is her role at Tierra Ignota?
The project’s team profile identifies her as a co-founder and expedition guide.
What kind of photography interests her?
She names analogue photography as an interest, alongside making travel notebooks and researching expeditions.
Which publications has she contributed to?
Her agency records work for Primera Línea between 2014 and 2019, as well as contributions to El Periódico and El País.
Which podcasts has she presented?
Her literary agency lists Con Voz de Mujer and Mujeres que Cuentan among her presenting credits.
Does she think meaningful discovery requires a distant journey?
No. In her 2026 interview, she said that a different way of looking at everyday life can also be found in one’s own city.