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Lynn C. Miller

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Born

Devils Lake, ND, The United States

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http://www.lynncmiller.com

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Contemporary, Mystery, Gay and Lesbian

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Alice Adams, Kate Atkinson, Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters

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The Surrogate, my fifth novel, comes out March 31, 2026. From the advance reviews:

“Miller crafts her characters with psychological depth as she unravels the complexities of a close-knit, grieving family. . . . Exploring how deception can fracture even the most loving families, Alex's journey proves that truth, even when painfully gained, is the only path to authentic connection.”—Booklist

“The arrival of a charming stranger shakes the delicate balance of a family in mourning…. the story is suffused with intrigue and a gripping melancholy, and Alex’s internal journey is at once believable and profound.”––Kirkus Reviews

My story collection in 2023, The Lost Archive, received the gold medal for story collections in the 2024 Midwest Independent The Surrogate, my fifth novel, comes out March 31, 2026. From the advance reviews:

“Miller crafts her characters with psychological depth as she unravels the complexities of a close-knit, grieving family. . . . Exploring how deception can fracture even the most loving families, Alex's journey proves that truth, even when painfully gained, is the only path to authentic connection.”—Booklist

“The arrival of a charming stranger shakes the delicate balance of a family in mourning…. the story is suffused with intrigue and a gripping melancholy, and Alex’s internal journey is at once believable and profound.”––Kirkus Reviews

My story collection in 2023, The Lost Archive, received the gold medal for story collections in the 2024 Midwest Independent Publishers Association and a bronze in the Forward Indies in 2024: "The Lost Archive is laced through with humor and heartache, interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joy.”
—Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Underground Women

The Day After Death was a 2017 Lambda Award finalist in lesbian fiction.

I believe that stories transform lives and that lives generate stories. I started writing at age 9, typing in red ink on an Underwood typewriter, when my family moved from River Forest, IL to a farm five miles northeast of Devils Lake, ND.

I live in Albuquerque and am a novelist and playwright, performer, and educator. My published novels are The Unmasking, The Day After Death, The Fool’s Journey and Death of a Department Chair. Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir (written with Lisa Lenard-Cook) came out in March, 2013 from the University of Wisconsin Press. My plays have been produced in Austin, Tulsa, Albuquerque, Provincetown, Yaddo, and elsewhere.

I co-host the podcast, "The Unruly Muse" featuring performances of poetry, music, fiction, and patter on the selections with co-host John Modaff. www.theunrulymuse.net

I have a B.A. from the University of North Dakota in English and theater, an M.A. from Northwestern University in performance studies, and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in communication and performance. I’ve taught writing and performance at Penn State University, The University of Southern California, and the University of Texas at Austin, where I was Professor of Theatre and Dance.

I have performed the lives of women in history (Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, Victoria Woodhull, and Katherine Anne Porter), and have appeared as a guest artist at many universities and art festivals...... ...more

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	Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir by Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author), Lisa Lenard-Cook (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Department Chair 3.03 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day after Death: A Novel 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unmasking 3.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fool's Journey: A Romance 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voices Made Flesh: Performing Women's Autobiography by Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author), Jacqueline Taylor (Editor), M. Heather Carver (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Save Your Business From Yourself by Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author), Bambi L. Miller (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	bosque (the magazine); 2nd Annual Issue by Literary Anthology, Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bosque by Lisa Lenard-Cook (Goodreads Author), Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connectionist Models of Social Reasoning and Social Behavior by Stephen J. Read (Editor), Lynn C. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Characters, all with motives––a secret affair, a lust for revenge of an old slight, a desire to inherit large sums––are confined together in a remote setting. One by one each person is mysteriously killed. How was someone able to enter the space where the crime occurred, murder his or her victim, and exit without seemingly leaving a clue? From popular examples such as Agatha Christie’s And Then Th Read more of this blog post »

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“I write for those women who do not speak, who do not have a voice b/c they were so terrified, because we were taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”
― Audre Lorde

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