Sue Miller (born November 29, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer who has written a number of best-selling novels.
Biography
Born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Miller was preoccupied with her duties as a single mother, leaving little time to write for many years. As a result she did not publish her first novel until 1986, after spending almost a decade in various fellowships and teaching positions.
Since then, two of her novels have been made into feature films, and her book ''While I Was Gone'' was an
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pick in 2000. Miller has taught creative writing classes at Smith College, Amherst, Tufts, MIT, and Boston University.
Selected works
Novels
*'' The Good Mother'': a novel (1986) , made into
a movie
''A Movie'' (styled as ''A MOVIE'') is a 1958 experimental collage film by American artist Bruce Conner. It combines pieces of found footage taken from various sources such as newsreels, soft-core pornography, and B movies, all set to a score ...
in 1988
*'' Family Pictures'': a novel (1990)
*'' For Love'': a novel (1993)
*'' The Distinguished Guest'': a novel (1995)
*''
While I Was Gone'': a novel (1999)
*'' The World Below'': a novel (2001)
*'' Lost in the Forest'': a novel (2005)
*'' The Senator's Wife'': a novel (2008)
*'' The Lake Shore Limited'': a novel (2010)
*'' The Arsonist'': a novel (2014)
*'' Monogamy'': a novel (2020)
Short story collections
*'' Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories'' (1987) , made into
a movie
''A Movie'' (styled as ''A MOVIE'') is a 1958 experimental collage film by American artist Bruce Conner. It combines pieces of found footage taken from various sources such as newsreels, soft-core pornography, and B movies, all set to a score ...
in 1997
Memoirs
*'' The Story of My Father'' (2003)
References
External links
Reading from ''The Senator's Wife'' by Sue Miller at the Portland (Maine) Public Library, January 2008.
1943 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
Boston University faculty
Smith College faculty
Writers from Chicago
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
20th-century American short story writers
American women short story writers
Novelists from Illinois
Novelists from Massachusetts
American women academics
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