Heather Ross Miller (born 1939) is an American writer.
Miller was born in
Albemarle, North Carolina. In 1961, she earned a bachelor's degree from Woman's College (now
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand-al ...
). She went on to earn an MFA in creative writing from the college in 1969. For the 1968–69 and 1973–74 years, she earned fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...
. Inspired by professor and poet
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poe ...
, Miller became an instructor in reading and writing.
Books
*''The Edge of the Woods (1964)''
*''Tenants of the House (1966)''
*''The Wind Southerly (1967)''
*''Gone a Hundred Miles (1968)''
*''Horse Horse Tyger Tyger (1973)''
*''A Spiritual Divorce and Other Stories (1974)''
*''Confessions of a Champeen Fire-Baton Twirler (1976)''
*''Therapia (1982)''
*''Adam's First Wife (1983)''
*''Hard Evidence (1990)''
*''La Jupe Espagnole (1991)''
*''Friends and Assassins (1993)''
*''In the Funny Papers (1995)''
*''Days of Love and Murder (1999)''
*''Champeen (1999)''
*''Crusoe's Island: A Story of a Writer and a Place (2000)''
*''Miss Jessie Dukes and Kid Heavy (2003)''
*''Freaks in Love (2004)''
*''Gypsy with Baby (2005)''
*''The Creative Writing Murders (2007)''
*''Lumina (2011)''
*''Celestial Navigator (2014)''
References
External links
Finding Aid for the Heather Ross Miller Papersat
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand-al ...
1939 births
Living people
American women writers
People from Albemarle, North Carolina
21st-century American women
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