About Me

Brenda and Abbe at home

I am Brenda Miller, a professor of creative writing at Western Washington University. My new book, The Pen and Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World, co-authored with poet Holly Hughes, will be released by Skinner House Books in spring 2012. My work has received six Pushcart Prizes. I am the author of three essay collections: Listening Against the Stone, Blessing of the Animals, and Season of the Body, and co-author of the textbook Tell it Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction.