Patti Miller (born 1954), an Australian writer, was born and grew up near
Wellington, New South Wales
Wellington is a town in the Central Western Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, located at the junction of the Wambuul Macquarie River, Wambuul Macquarie and Bell Rivers. It is within the Local government in Australia, local government ...
, Australia. She holds a BA (Communications) and an MA (Writing) from the
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back t ...
(UTS). She is the author of ten books and numerous articles and essays published in national newspapers and literary magazines. She has taught literature and writing at UTS,
University of Western Sydney
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The university in its current form was founde ...
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Australian Writers' Centre and other writers’ centres and is the founder and director of its Life Stories Workshop, which aims to develop and support memoir and creative non-fiction writing. Miller is a member of the
Australian Society of Authors
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"In gertrude's footsteps" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 13 November 2008
''Sun Herald'', Sydney, 28 December 2010
"Sex and drugs and Patrick White" ''Eureka St'', 12 June 2012
"Erasure of an Aboriginal temple" ''Eureka St'', 2 May 2012
Awards and recognition
Miller's seventh book, ''The Mind of a Thief'', won the 2013 NSW Community and Regional History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards and was long-listed for the
Stella Prize
The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Bailey ...
in 2013.,
The Stella Prize 2013 Longlist
The Stella Prize. Retrieved 25 June 2015 long-listed for the Nita Kibble Award 2013 and shortlisted for the WA premier's Prize for Non-Fiction.
References
External links
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ABC Radio Life Matters
Austlit
Varuna, A Writers’ House
Australian Writers’ Centre
NSW Writers' Centre
* Sydney Morning Herald: Every Day I Write the Book by Susan Wyndham, March 10, 2001
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1954 births
Australian writers
Australian women writers
Living people
University of Technology Sydney alumni