Serena B. Miller (born January 20, 1950) is an American author of

inspirational fiction Inspirational fiction is a sub-category within the broader categories of "inspirational literature" or "inspirational writing." It has become more common for booksellers and libraries to consider inspirational fiction to be a separate genre, class ...

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and Amish fiction.

Early life and education

Miller was born in Portsmouth, Ohio and grew up in southern Ohio. Much of her childhood was spent in an 1840s log house originally belonging to her great-grandfather. She attended Ohio Valley Christian College in

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Writing career

Miller began to seriously pursue a writing career in her late forties after her sons were grown. She was first publishing in various periodicals including The Detroit Free Press Magazine, Billy Graham's Decision Magazine, Guideposts, Focus On The Family, Christian Woman, Woman's World, and Reader's Digest. After joining Romance Writers of America in 2001, she began submitting full-length inspirational novels to various publishers. Her fascination with an Old Order Amish settlement that had recently moved into southern Ohio near her home resulted in '' Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (2010)''. Closely following were three more

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novels: ''An Uncommon Grace (2012)'', ''Hidden Mercies (2013)'', and ''Fearless Hope (2014)''. Her interest in the post-civil war lumbering era in Michigan inspired a historical series beginning with ''The Measure of Katie Calloway (2010)'' followed by ''A Promise to Love (2011)'' and ''Under A Blackberry Moon (2013)''. She is working with co-author Paul Stutzman on a non-fiction book entitled ''The Wisdom of Amish Parenting''.

Personal life

After several years working as a court reporter in

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, she and her husband moved back to their hometown of

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where he is the minister of the Sunshine Church of Christ. They are the parents of three grown sons, Derek, Caleb, and Jacob Miller.

Bibliography

Filmography

References

External links

Official Serena B. Miller US web site
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