Frances A. Miller has been both a teacher and a librarian.
Currently at home in Chestertown, Maryland, she has lived all over
the U.S. and spent 6 years in Australia. She is a long time member
of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and The
Authors Guild, and author of four highly successful YA novels about
Matt McKendrick and the Schuyler family. The Truth Trap won the
California Young Reader Medal (high school category), and was an
ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Aren’t You the One
Who . . . ?, called “taut and touching” by the
Chicago Tribune, was a top choice in English Journal’s annual Young
Adult poll and on the Iowa Teen Award list. Losers and Winners was
described by Publishers Weekly as a “powerfully written story of
uncommon humanity.” Cutting Loose, a Tor Book Club choice, was
reviewed by a YA librarian as “Real teenagers wrestling with real
issues. Highly recommended.” A ghost story “Something’s Different”
appeared in Donald Gallo’s Short Circuits collection. Miller has
also written Watch Out, World!, a fantasy for 9–11 year-olds;
fiction and biographies for older students reading at the third
grade level; and numerous articles on reading, writing, and books
for national publications. From 1984 to 1987, Miller sponsored the
“Aussie Books for Kids” exhibit which traveled to school—public and
university—libraries all over the U.S., and in 1987 she organized
“Happy Birthday, Australia!”, a gift to Australia’s children of 520
American children’s books and hundreds of birthday cards to
celebrate their country’s bicentennial in 1988.
She still hears from readers who find her on the web at
francesamiller.com.
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