Jane Smiley among authors at UND Writers Conference

Brenda Miller is author of “Season of the Body,” co-author of “Tell it Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction” and of a collection “Blessing of the Animals,” which includes two Pushcart Prize winning essays. Her work has received six Pushcart Prizes and has been published in many journals. Miller lives in Bellingham, Wash., with her dog and cat. She is professor of English at Western Washington University and serves as editor in chief of the Bellingham Review.