Sasha Miller is the pseudonym of American fantasy writer Georgia Myrle Miller (born October 15, 1933 in
Erick, Oklahoma
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). She has also written under the names Georgia Sallaska, Myrle Benedict, and G. S. Madden.
In 1958 and 1959 she published a trio of stories in ''
Fantastic Universe
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'' as Myrle Benedict: "Sit by the Fire", "The Dancing that We Did", and "The Comanleigh". ''Fantastic'' editor
Hans Stefan Santesson
Hans Stefan Santesson (July 8, 1914, Paris – February 18, 1975, Edgewater, New Jersey) As Georgia Sallaska, she wrote three novels of
historical fiction
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: ''Three Ships and Three Kings'' (1969), ''The Last Heracles'' (1971), and ''Priam's Daughter'' (1974).
In the 1980s she began publishing as Sasha Miller. She wrote a number of works set in
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name ...
's
Witch World
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, including ''
GURPS Witch World
''GURPS Witch World'' is a supplement published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989 for use with the ''GURPS'' {''Generic Universal Role-Playing System'') game rules that describes how to set a role-playing campaign in Andre Norton's ''Witch World''.
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'' (1989) with Ben W. Miller, a rule book for the
GURPS
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role-playing game
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system, and the novel ''Falcon Magic'' (1994), published in the ''On Wings of Magic'' omnibus. She also collaborated with Norton on the five novels in the Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan series. Miller's fantasy novel ''Ladylord'' (1995), set in medieval Japan, was praised by reviewers."Sasha Miller." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 30 July 2011.