Sue Miller (born November 29, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer who has written a number of best-selling novels.

Biography

Born in

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, Miller was preoccupied with her duties as a single mother, leaving little time to write for many years. As a result she did not publish her first novel until 1986, after spending almost a decade in various fellowships and teaching positions. Since then, two of her novels have been made into feature films, and her book ''While I Was Gone'' was an

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pick in 2000. Miller has taught creative writing classes at Smith College, Amherst, Tufts, MIT, and Boston University.

Selected works

Novels

*'' The Good Mother'': a novel (1986) , made into a movie in 1988 *'' Family Pictures'': a novel (1990) *'' For Love'': a novel (1993) *'' The Distinguished Guest'': a novel (1995) *''

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'': a novel (1999) *'' The World Below'': a novel (2001) *'' Lost in the Forest'': a novel (2005) *'' The Senator's Wife'': a novel (2008) *'' The Lake Shore Limited'': a novel (2010) *'' The Arsonist'': a novel (2014) *'' Monogamy'': a novel (2020)

Short story collections

*'' Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories'' (1987) , made into a movie in 1997

Memoirs

*'' The Story of My Father'' (2003)

References

External links

Reading from ''The Senator's Wife'' by Sue Miller at the Portland (Maine) Public Library, January 2008.
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