Helen Markley Miller

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Helen Catherine Knapp Markley Miller[1] (December 4, 1896 – November 1984)[2][3] was a prolific American writer of historical and biographical fiction for children taking place in the Western United States.[4]

Biography

Helen Markley Miller was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa.[5] In 1919 she graduated from the Iowa Teachers College in her city of birth.[6] Subsequently she worked as an English teacher until her marriage.[6] She married journalist Martin Baxter Miller (May 30, 1900 – May 14, 1944), who became managing editor at the Idaho Statesman. After her husband died of a heart attack, she picked up teaching again.[6][7]

In 1953 Doubleday published Miller's first book, Promenade All.[8][9] In 1954 she graduated with a master's degree from Western State College of Colorado.[5][6] Her masters' thesis, Let me be a free man, was about Chief Joseph.[10] Like many of her books, it was a fictionalized biography.[10]

After her graduate studies, Miller lived in McCall, Idaho[5][11][12] and wrote 21 more books. All were published by major publishing houses. She was represented by literary agent Barthold Fles.[13][14] Miller had taught at the University of Idaho.[15]

Helen Markley Miller's only son,[16] Andrew Markley "Mack" Miller, participated as a cross-country skier in the Winter Olympics of 1956 and 1960.[17] Mack and his sport formed the inspiration to Mrs. Miller's sixth novel, Ski fast, ski long.

In 1966, Promenade all was published in German as Indianerblut (Indian blood).[18]

Bibliography

  • 1953 - Promenade all (Doubleday)[8][9]
  • 1957 - Dust in the gold sack (Doubleday)[19]
  • 1957 - Benjamin Bonneville, soldier explorer, 1796-1878 (Messner)[20]
  • 1959 - Miss Gail (Doubleday)[21]
  • 1959 - Thunder Rolling; the Story of Chief Joseph (Putnam)[15][22]
  • 1960 - Ski fast, ski long (Doubleday)
  • 1960 - Woman doctor of the West, Bethenia Owens-Adair (Messner)
  • 1961 - The long valley (Doubleday)
  • 1961 - Westering women (Doubleday)
  • 1962 - The lucky laces (Doubleday)
  • 1962 - Sagebrush ranch (Doubleday)
  • 1962 - Striving to be champion, Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Kingston House)
  • 1963 - Blades of Grass (Doubleday)
  • 1964 - Kirsti (Doubleday)
  • 1965 - Ski the mountain (Doubleday)
  • 1966 - Julie (Doubleday)
  • 1966 - Lens on the West; the story of William Henry Jackson (Doubleday)
  • 1967 - Janey and friends (Doubleday)
  • 1968 - Beloved Monster (Doubleday)
  • 1968 - George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter (Putnam)
  • 1970 - The San Francisco earthquake and fire (Putnam)
  • 1971 - Jedediah Smith on the far frontier (Putnam)

Honors and awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Iowa Authors Collection
  2. ↑ http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/doc/ssdi/v1:112FA8BB671F0111
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  7. ↑ Staff report (May 15, 1944). Martin B. Miller. New York Times
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  17. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/andrew-miller-1.html
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External links

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