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Heather Ross Miller (born 1939) is an American writer. [1]

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Miller was born in Albemarle, North Carolina. In 1961, she earned a bachelor's degree from Woman's College (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She went on to earn an MFA in creative writing from the college in 1969. For the 1968–69 and 1973–74 years, she earned fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Inspired by professor and poet Randall Jarrell, Miller became an instructor in reading and writing.

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  1. "Heather Ross Miller". Poets & Writers.
  2. Miller, Heather Ross (September 6, 1995). In the Funny Papers: Stories . University of Missouri Press via Internet Archive. Heather Ross Miller.