Brenda Miller

Essayist, Editor

Brenda Miller is the author of five essay collections, most recently An Earlier Life (Ovenbird Books, 2016). She also co-authored Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining and Publishing Creative Nonfiction and The Pen and The Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World. Her work has received six Pushcart Prizes. She is a Professor of English at Western Washington University, and associate faculty at the Rainier Writing Workshop.

Brenda led a nonfiction workshop at our 2017 Iceland retreat, as well as two online CNF writing retreats in 2021 & 2022. She is also a mentor for Authors at Large, working with individual writers.