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John Ramsey Miller (born October 3, 1949) is an American author living in North Carolina. He began his writing career as a journalist, including an exclusive interview with Martha Mitchell during the Watergate era. His interview with Mitchell appeared on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' when Miller was interviewed by Cavett.〔''The Dick Cavett Show''; August 9, 1973〕〔(Photo of Miller on Cavett Show )〕 As a commercial portrait photographer, Miller photographed notable recording artists for album covers for major labels and portraits of recording artists for illustrating music related magazine articles and for publicity purposes, including; Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Jordanaires,〔Album - Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Jordanaires, ''Swing Wide Your Gate'', 1978 Word Records, Inc.〕 Bill Monroe,〔Album - Bill Monroe, ''Bluegrass Memories'', 1977 MCA Records〕〔Album - Bill Monroe, ''Sings Bluegrass, Body and Soul'', 1977 MCA Records〕 Bill Anderson, David Allan Coe,〔Albums - David Allan Coe, ''Human Emotions'', 1978 CBS Records; ''Biggest Hits'', 1982 CBS Records; ''Greatest Hits'', 1978 CBS Records; ''Family Album'', 1978 CBS Records〕 Amy Grant,〔Album - Amy Grant, ''My Father's Eyes'', 1979 Word, Inc.〕 Brenda Lee, Dion,〔Album - Dion, ''Inside Job'', 1980 Word, Inc.〕 B.J. Thomas, Dr. Hook, Don Williams, Eric Clapton, Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Tammy Wynette, Earl Scruggs, Bill Gaither Trio, Eddie Rabbitt, Jerry Clower, Terry Bradshaw, Dottie West, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, Carlene Carter, Ed Brown, Alex Chilton,〔Album - Alex Chilton, ''Feudalist Tarts'', 1985 Big Time Records (America)〕 Ronnie Milsap,〔Album - ''Ronnie Milsap Live at the Grand Ole Opry'', 1977 RCA Records〕 Fury Lewis, BB King, Burt Reynolds, Robbie Benson, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Gary Stewart, Guy Clark, 2 Live Crew, Johnny Duncan,〔Album - Johnny Duncan, ''Greatest Hits'', 1978 CBS Records; ''The Best is Yet to Come'', 1978 CBS Records〕 Tommy Overstreet,〔Album - Tommy Overstreet - ''Better Me'', 1978 ABC Records〕 Dogwood,〔Album - Dogwood - ''Ordinary Man'', 1979 Word, Inc.〕 2 Average White Kids〔Album - 2 Average White Kids - ''Psychotic'', 1991 Effect Records, Executive Producer Luther Campbell〕 Additionally Miller produced a series of photos after setting up a 'studio' at Angola Prison Death Row. Miller continued to deal with controversy with an account of the obscenity trials of 2 Live Crew. The book, ''As Nasty as They Wanna Be: The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew'',〔()〕 takes the wraps off the notorious rap group, revealing the people behind the bad-mouthed persona. Switching genres to produce a popular thriller, ''The Last Family'',〔http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2008/12/the-last-day-by-john-ramsey-miller.html〕 Miller entered a relationship with Bantam Books that included the ''Winter Massey'' series from which 〔(Random House Authors )〕 ''UPSIDE DOWN'' was nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award for best PBO (Paper Back Original) and ''INSIDE OUT'' was nominated for a BARRY Award for best PBO. ==Biography== Miller was born in Greenville, Mississippi. His father, Rush Glenn Miller, was a Methodist minister, who was Pastor Emeritus of the University Methodist Church in Oxford, Mississippi until his death on October 3, 2007. His mother, Dr. Gene Ramsey Miller, PhD, was a history professor. He attended Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi where he studied art. In 1972 he was working as a still photographer and graphic designer at an ABC TV network affiliate station in Mississippi when he accidentally became embroiled with Martha Mitchell and the burgeoning Watergate scandal. He was fired from his job for trying to help a friend protect Mrs. Mitchell from the press. Thanks to Helen Thomas, he conducted an exclusive filmed interview with Martha Mitchell, which aired on ''The Dick Cavett Show'', August 9, 1973. In 1981 Miller set up a studio in a narrow hallway of Death Row at Angola Prison and produced a series of formal portraits of the inmates. Over the next four years he set up a portable studio and produced formalized portraits of individuals associated with "groups". He photographed firemen, policemen, klansmen in their robes, skinheads and Identity Christians as well as their children. He photographed artists, entertainers, prostitutes, doctors, lawyers, drug addicts and politicians. His portrait work has been shown in museums and included in several books and national magazines. The Death Row series was published in ''Oxford American'',〔''Oxford American'', Spring 1996 Issue〕 and his portraits of white supremacists in ''New Times'' and ''The Miami Heralds Sunday magazine, ''TROPIC''. In 1990, working with Luther Campbell, he wrote a non-fiction book on 2 Live Crew and the obscenity trials. In 1994 Bantam Books bought his book, ''The Last Family''. The book was a Literary Guild Main Selection, was published in twelve languages, was optioned by Hallmark Entertainment for a feature film, reached #16 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and is still in print. Miller, working in a collaboration with 14 other noted writers, including friend Jeffery Deaver, wrote the 17-part serial thriller ''The Chopin Manuscript'' narrated by Alfred Molina that was broadcast on Audible.com from September 25 to November 13, 2007.〔("The Chopin Manuscript" ) on Audible.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Ramsey Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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