Derek B. Miller

Derek B. Miller is an American novelist who worked in international affairs before turning to writing full-time. He is the author of seven highly acclaimed novels: Norwegian by Night, The Girl in Green, American by Day, Radio Life, Quiet Time (an Audible Original), How to Find Your Way in the Dark, and The Curse of Pietro Houdini. His work been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award (twice), the Strand Magazine Critic’s Award for Best First Novel, the American Bookseller’s Association’s Indie Choice Award, the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Norwegian by Night won the CWA John Creasey Dagger Award for best first crime novel, an eDunnit Award and the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award. How to Find Your Way in the Dark was a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a New York Times best mystery of 2021.

Miller is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College (BA in Liberal Arts), Georgetown (MA in National Security Studies) and he earned his Ph.D. summa cum laude in international relations from The Graduate Institute in Geneva with post-graduate work at Linacre College, University of Oxford. He is currently connected to numerous peace and security research and policy centers in North America, Europe and Africa, and he worked with the United Nations for over a decade. He has lived abroad for over twenty-five years in Israel, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Norway and Spain.