Teresa Miller (writer)

Teresa Miller (born November 23, 1952) is an American writer, television host, and literary activist. She resides in Tulsa, where she works as full-time writer.[1]

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Teresa Miller

Early life and education

Miller, a fourth generation Oklahoman, was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.[2] She attended Northeastern Oklahoma State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English/journalism in 1970 and a Master of Education degree in 1975.[3][4][5] Additionally, she did postgraduate work at the University of Tulsa.

Literary Activism

When Miller suffered a writer's block after the publication of her first novel, Remnants of Glory, she became active in promoting the works of other writers by establishing the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, which she led (1994-2015) under alternate names at several Oklahoma schools before settling into its permanent home at Oklahoma State University.[6][7] Under Miller's leadership, the Center sponsored nationally known writers such as Maya Angelou, Isabel Allende, and Frank McCourt, while also presenting Oklahoma Writers, via the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame.[7]

Miller also launched/edited the Oklahoma Storyteller series at the University of Oklahoma Press (2007-2011), featuring writers Michael Wallis, Rilla Askew, S. E. Hinton, Fred R. Harris, N. Scott Momaday, Jim Lehrer, and John Wooley.[3][8]

In 2012 and again in 2015, Miller served as guest curator for the Oklahoma History Center's exhibit Oklahoma Writers--a Literary Tableau.[2][9]

Miller has received numerous awards for her work, including being named Director Emerita for the Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University.[10] In 2019, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame.[11]

Writing Out Loud

Writing Out Loud has been a radio and television series hosted by Miller in various incarnations and venues throughout her career that featured extended interviews with major authors. From 1999 to 2015, a television version, produced by Miller at Oklahoma State University, appeared on OETA, Oklahoma's PBS affiliate, and on the Internet broadcast site Write TV.[12]

Teaching

Miller, who retired from teaching in 2015, has taught at several Oklahoma colleges and universities, most recently at Oklahoma State University, where she focused on creative writing classes and courses on regional authors.[13] One of her writing students, PC Cast, went onto became a bestselling author.[1] Miller herself is a character in Cast's novels Goddess of Spring and Goddess of the Sea, and her late cat Skylar is a recurring character in Cast's House of Night series.[14][15]

Publications

Remnants of Glory, Seaview Books, 1981 (novel)

Remnants of Glory, Berkley Books, 1982 (novel/reprint edition)

Remnants of Glory, Hawk Publishing, 1999 (novel/reprint edition)

Family Correspondence, Hawk Publishing, 2000 (novel)

Some of Tim’s Stories by S. E. Hinton, interviews conducted by Teresa Miller, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 (short stories/interviews)

Means of Transit, University of Oklahoma Press, 2008 (memoir)

"Pat Conroy and Telephone Noir," essay in Our Prince of Scribes--Writers Remember Pat Conroy, University of Georgia Press, 2018 (anthology)

Love Can Be--A Literary Collection About Our Animals, Kirkpatrick Foundation, 2018 (anthology/Teresa Miller coeditor and contributor)

References
  1. Watts, James D. Jr. (May 17, 2015). "Teresa Miller ready to turn a new page". Tulsa World. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. "Teresa Miller". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. "Teresa Miller — NSU Distinguished Alumnus". NSUVideo. December 11, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. Miller, Teresa (2008). Means of Transit. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806139715.
  5. Porter, Nathan (November 25, 2014). "In Her Own Write". Oklahoma Magazine. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  6. "Teresa Miller: "Means of Transit" (Oklahoma)". Diane Rehm. July 31, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. Wooley, John (May 21, 2015). "Full Circle". Oklahoma Magazine. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  8. "Newsmakers Honorees Communicate, Educate, Innovate". GTR News. April 5, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  9. Watts, James D. Jr. (5 March 2015). "'Literary Tableau' in Tulsa". Tulsa World. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  10. "Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa Staff". Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  11. Watts, James D. Jr. (17 November 2019). "Teresa Miller Named to Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame". Tulsa World. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  12. "About Writing Out Loud". Write TV. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  13. Klinka, Karen (April 23, 2010). "Book awards bestowed for works with Oklahoma ties". NewsOK. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  14. Cast, P.C. (2003). Goddess of the Sea. New York, New York: Penguin Group. p. 15. ISBN 9780425226889.
  15. "PC Cast". Writing Out Loud. September 13, 2010. 20:54. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
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