Featured Interview With Susan Beth Miller
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago and its northern suburbs. I have lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1969 when I moved there for college, then stayed for graduate school in Clinical Psychology. I got a doctoral degree in psychology and have been a practicing psychologist for many years. At the moment I live in a house with my housemate Mahmoud and my dog, Sylvie, a rescue dog who hails from West Virginia.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I became fascinated with writing at the age of nine. My fourth grade teacher gave the class a creative writing exercise that fully engaged me. I didn’t even get a good grade on it, but I was hooked.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite books are in the literary fiction category though I also read non-fiction at times, especially nature-oriented writing. This last year, I loved reading The Overstory, which spoke to my love of great fiction and my love of nature. I thought it was a terrific book. I’ve also been reading Toni Morrison who is an amazing writer.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My novel, A Beautiful Land, comes out on October 8, 2021–probably past the date of publication for this interview. The novel that was inspired by my wish to try to understand more deeply some of the human dimensions of ethnic violence. It also explores guilt, including guilt in the context of motherhood, and it explores the appropriation of motherhood. The book has multiple settings, but one is a threatening but also protective forest.
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