About the Author

Edith Hoisington Miller was born in 1932 in Ossining, New York. After two years of liberal arts studies, she began working as a secretary in New York City, eventually in publishing with the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and as a freelance compositor for science books. Through her participation in choral groups she met and married organist, choirmaster, and composer, Michael R. Miller. The Millers eventually settled in Sackville, New Brunswick, where Michael served as professor of music for thirty-two years at Mount Allison University. They now live in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Edith Miller has been active in a wide variety of community-based art organizations in Sackville and Fredericton. She has participated in choral singing, dancing, and creative writing programs, and has taught creative movement to children and adults. In addition, she has been involved in social justice work, including alliance building with First Nation communities. She wrote a biweekly column for the Sackville Tribune-Post on environmental, justice, and Indigenous Canadian issues. She has done publicity writing for arts organizations and has contributed articles on the arts, especially on dance, to various publications. Edith Miller is a member of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick, from which she has received awards for her nonfiction and poetry. She has also been a juried member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada. She is the mother of three sons, all of whom are musicians. The Millers are members of New Brunswick Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).