Walter M. Miller

Walter M. Miller Jr. was an American science fiction writer and engineer whose masterpiece A Canticle for Leibowitz is widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Published in 1960, the novel spans thousands of years of human history following a nuclear apocalypse, tracing civilisation's cycles of destruction and rebirth through a community of monks dedicated to preserving knowledge. Miller served as a tail gunner in World War II, and the bombing of the Monte Cassino monastery profoundly influenced the novel. His audiobooks and books remain essential listening and reading for fans of science fiction and post-apocalyptic literature.