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Jax Miller

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Born
in New York, The United States
June 19

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@RealJaxMiller

Genre
Crime, Nonfiction, Thriller

Member Since
October 2014


Jax Miller is an American author. She wrote her first novel, Freedom’s Child, in her twenties while hitchhiking across America, winning the 2016 Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle and earning several CWA Dagger nominations. She has received acclaim from the New York Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. She now works in the true-crime genre, having penned her much-anticipated book and acting as creator, host, and executive producer on the true-crime documentary series Hell in the Heartland on CNN’s HLN network. Jax is a lover of film and music, and has a passion for writing screenplays and rock ‘n’ roll

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Jax Miller Absolute freedom. The guards come down, the masks are off. I'm free when I'm writing. For me, it's a feeling very similar to falling in love. …moreAbsolute freedom. The guards come down, the masks are off. I'm free when I'm writing. For me, it's a feeling very similar to falling in love. (less)
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Jax Miller Well, I think I'm going to keep the cards close to my chest. Indeed, I'm working away, but we shall see! It may be true crime, it may be fiction. …moreWell, I think I'm going to keep the cards close to my chest. Indeed, I'm working away, but we shall see! It may be true crime, it may be fiction. (less)
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Hell in the Heartland Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls by Jax Miller
Well, here we are, Goodreads. It's been 5 (almost 6) years since I joined upon penning my first novel, 'Freedom's Child.' Tidying up my page, as it hasn't changed since, I was advised to try my first Goodreads blog. So here goes nothing!

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“I come to Oklahoma, thinking that it’ll be hard to write about the dead, but it has proven harder to write about the living, about those who’ll have to read themselves through my eyes.”
― Jax Miller, Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
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“She has with her an air of hard times and menthol.”
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