Miller states that he writes 'speculative fiction because that's how the world looks to me. His stories have been reprinted in over 15 'year's best' story collections and have been a finalist for multiple Nebula Awards along with the World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards. His other stories have been published in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Lightspeed. The story later won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for best short fiction. Miller began regularly publishing his short stories in 2013 with '57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides' in Nightmare Magazine. Miller studied writing as part at the 2012 Clarion Workshop under authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare and Ted Chiang. He grew up Jewish and lives with his husband in New York City, where he works as a community organizer for a homelessness organization. Miller grew up in Hudson, New York, where his family ran a butcher shop. He won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for his short story ' 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides.' His debut novel, The Art of Starving, was published in 2017 and his novel Blackfish City won the 2019 John W. He was finalist for multiple Nebula Awards along with the World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards.

His stories have appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Lightspeed, along with over 15 'year's best' story collections. Miller (born February 7, 1979) is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror short fiction author.

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