Alabama Authors Directory

The Alabama Authors Directory is a resource for readers, editors, publishers, educators, librarians, program planners, and the simply curious to discover and learn more about writers with connections to the state.

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Tom Miller

Hometown: Ashford, AL Lives in: Bettendorf, IA

Contact Information

  • Email: tommllr384@gmail.com

Address:

    • 4572 Moencks Road
      Bettendorf, IA 52722
      United States
  • Preferred Contact Method: Email

 

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About Tom Miller

Genres: Fiction, Children and Young Adults

Available for: Readings, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: I was born in Dothan, Alabama, on November 26, 1945, and raised in nearby Ashford. I earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Alabama, served as an officer in the U.S. Army (including a tour in Vietnam), worked at the Birmingham Public Library (in the Tutwiler Collection of Southern History), and taught history for twenty years at Scott Community College in Bettendorf, Iowa. I have published six juvenile novels and one novel for adults. I was a member of the board of the …Read More Children’s Literature Festival for fifteen years. I served as a long-time regular reviewer for Publishers’ Weekly, and following retirement from teaching, worked as Entertainment Editor for military.com for five years. I have been married to Connie Shaw for forty-two years, and we have a son, David, and three grandchildren. My debut novel for adults, “A Place to Rest,” is set in Alabama in the immediate post-World War II era and was published by Legacy Book Press in February 2022.

Works: All-Star Showdown (Mid-Prairie Books, 1995); Fourth and Long (Mid-Prairie Books, 1997); Full Court Press (Mid-Prairie Books, 2000); Freshman Sensation (IDEA, Inc., 2007); Twilight Run (IDEA, Inc. 2010); Ghost Run (IDEA, Inc., 2012); and A Place to …Read More Rest (Legacy Book Press, 2022).

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