Sue Miller
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Sue Miller

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29 November 1943(Chicago, USA)
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Boston University
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For those with same or similar name, see Susan Miller (disambiguation).

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, 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 Oprah's Book Club 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) ISBN 9780060505936, made into a movie in 1988
  • Family Pictures: a novel (1990) ISBN 9780575403215
  • For Love: a novel (1993) ISBN 9780060929992
  • The Distinguished Guest: a novel (1995) ISBN 9780060930004
  • While I Was Gone: a novel (1999) ISBN 9780345443281
  • The World Below: a novel(2001) ISBN 9780747584582
  • Lost in the Forest: a novel (2005) ISBN 9780345469595
  • The Senator's Wife: a novel (2008) ISBN 9780307264206
  • The Lake Shore Limited: a novel (2010)ISBN 9780307264213
  • The Arsonist: a novel (2014)ISBN 9780307594792

Short story collections

  • Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories (1987) ISBN 9780060929978, made into a movie in 1997

Memoirs

  • The Story of My Father (2003) ISBN 9780375414794