J. Lloyd Miller holds a BA in Film & Video Production from Columbia College Chicago and has made a living managing bars, bands, stages, and venues. Based in Western Massachusetts, he presently operates a rural food co-op in a town with 818 residents. His writing has been recognized as a finalist in New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, has long and shortlisted in contests by Fractured Lit, and has earned him an Author’s Fellowship at Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.