Heidi Ruby Miller

Heidi Ruby Miller is a travel writer turned novelist. She uses research for her stories as an excuse to roam the globe. With degrees in Anthropology, Geography, Foreign Languages, and Writing, she knew early that penning fast-paced, exotic adventures would be her life. She's put her experiences and studies to paper in her far-future AMBASADORA series (Dog Star Books) and into MAN OF WAR (Meteor House), which is a sequel to Science Fiction Grandmaster Philip José Farmer's novel TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH. Heidi also co-edited the multi-award winning writing guide MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT (Headline Books Inc.). It was named #5 in The Writer magazine's Ten Most Terrific Writing Books of 2011 and won Best Non-Fiction book at the London Book Fair. She began her writing career with travel articles and reviews then co-wrote MOON PENNSYLVANIA CAMPING with her award-winning writer husband, Jason Jack Miller. Since then Heidi has had various fiction and non-fiction publications, as well as various jobs, including contract archaeologist, foreign currency exchanger at Walt Disney World, foreign language teacher, and educational marketing director for Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob. In 2012, she created the Dog Star Books science fiction imprint for Raw Dog Screaming Press and was the managing editor for the line for three years. In 2014, she was the Director of Professional Writing Relations for the Pennsylvania Literary Festival, an event she co-founded. Recently, Heidi and Jason founded and directed the UPL Writers Workshop in their hometown of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She also founded the Uniontown Public Library Author Series in 2017 and directed it with Carrie Gessner and Maria Sholtis for two years. During the Pandemic, Heidi edited the charity anthology LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN (Raw Dog Screaming Press), which brought together 85 authors from 7 different countries to raise thousands of dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Follow Heidi's writing journey with her husband and their two cats in the newsletter Small Space, Big Life. She is represented by Cherry Weiner of the Cherry Weiner Literary Agency.