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Mary U. Miller is an American fiction writer. She is the author of a collection of short stories entitled ''Big World''.〔 Her debut novel entitled ''The Last Days of California'' was published by Liveright.〔 It is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl on a family road trip from the South to California, led by her evangelical father.〔 By January 2014, ''Big World'' sold 3,000 copies and ''Last Days of California'' sold 25,000 copies.〔 ''Last Days of California'' was recommended by numerous newspapers, including the ''Los Angeles Times'',〔 the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'',〔 the ''New York Times'',〔 and Oprah's Book Club.〔 ''New York Times'' book critic Laurie Muchnick described her book as a "terrific first novel."〔 ''Chicago Tribune'' critic Laura Pearson wrote that it had "vivid but unfussy prose, pitched perfectly to the attitudes and observations of a teenage girl adrift."〔 ''Wall Street Journal'' critic Sam Sacks gave the book a mixed review, finding disappointment in that Miller's insight into characters did not extend to the subject of religious belief.〔 Critic Josh Cook in the ''Star Tribune'' gave the book a mixed review, saying it had "plenty here" but that some scenes felt "amiss".〔 Miller is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas.〔David Plick, March 2014, Down & Out Magazine, (The Last Days of Texas: An Interview with Mary Miller ), Retrieved Sept. 21, 2014〕 In 2014 she is the John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at Ole Miss. Miller described the challenge of writing: ==Publications== * ''The Last Days of California" (2014)〔 * "Big World" (2009)〔 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「Mary Miller (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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