Miller, K.D.
Biography
K.D. Miller was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1951. In 1973 she graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and English from the University of Guelph. In 1978, she graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing.
Her first published story was Now, Voyager, which appeared in the May 1981 issue of Flare, and was the first-prize winner of that magazine’s literary contest. Since then, her stories and essays have appeared in Best Canadian Stories – Oberon 2008 and 2009, Maisonneuve Magazine, The Capilano Review, Canadian Forum, The New Quarterly, Prism International and The Journey Prize Anthology. Her work has appeared in several other anthologies, and has been broadcast by the CBC.
K.D. Miller’s first collection of short stories, A Litany in Time of Plague, was published in 1994. Her second collection, Give Me Your Answer, published in 1999, was short-listed for the inaugural Upper Canada Brewing Company’s Writer’s Craft Award. Holy Writ, a series of personal essays which explore the link between creativity and spirituality, was published in 2001. A novel, Brown Dwarf, will be published by Biblioasis in 2010.
K.D. Miller is a founding member of Red Claw Press (www.redclawpress.com) and the author of three of its chapbooks: Psalms of a Boomer Consumer, Counting the Ways: Unsent Love Letters and Fresh Free-Range Poeggs.
K.D. Miller has participated in numerous book launches, public readings and literary events throughout Ontario. She has appeared as a keynote speaker and has chaired panel discussions at literary conferences. She has experience mentoring emerging writers, evaluating manuscripts and teaching creative writing courses and workshops. K.D. Miller lives in Toronto.
Other InformationRelated Websites or Blogs
New York Journal of Books review of Brown Dwarf
Published Work
2011. The Other Voice. Oshaway, Ont.: Stonebunny Press. (Fiction)
2010. Brown Dwarf. Emeryville, Ont.: Biblioasis. (Fiction)
2001. Holy writ : a writer reflects on creation and inspiration. Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill. (Nonfiction)
1999. Give me your answer. Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill. (Fiction)
1994. A litany in time of plague. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill. (Fiction)
