Sue Miller was born in Chicago in 1943. She is the bestselling author of ten previous novels including The Good Mother, The Distinguished Guest, the Oprah Book Club selection While I Was Gone, Lost in the Forest, the Richard & Judy choice The Senator's Wife, The Lake Shore Limited, The Arsonist and the acclaimed memoir The Story of My Father. Her books have been published in 22 countries and she has been awarded a Guggenheim and a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship. Sue Miller lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. suemillerofficial.com