With a background in American folklore, I earned my MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College and was awarded honors with distinction for my Master of Arts in children's literature degree from Simmons College in Boston. I write historical fiction, focusing on forgotten characters (usually girls, who are not represented enough) and events that helped build the American landscape. I write historical American fantasy, blending the tall tale tradition and character that captures so much of the American identity, and a unique form of fantasy. Action-adventure stories were always some of my favorite reads. Pirate stories, hero tales, Robin Hood, King Arthur, James Fennimore Cooper, and Edgar Rice Burroughs—these and many more were my favorites. I have a background in folklore (having studied it at the associates and undergraduate level), and realized that many of the best adventures are on our own landscape! The western frontier, the Mississippi, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, New Orleans, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, New York, the Midwest and the Southwest, the coming together of many cultures, many languages and many stories—why, we have the BEST stories in our own front yard! Telling a story is like singing a song. A good story has its rhythms and its refrains. Words sway and swing and slide across the page. When we read a good story, it feels like we're dancing.

Books by Bobbi Miller