Jon James Miller

Jon James Miller has always been passionate about literature and film and

pursued a career in the latter at Ithaca College in upstate New York, earning a

degree in cinematography. He moved to Los Angeles and found work as a

researcher and segment producer on cable documentaries for A&E, Lifetime

Intimate Portraits and The History Channel.

In 2008, Jon won a prestigious screenplay award for his original thriller depicting

Greta Garbo's real-life plan to stop WWII from starting by assassinating her biggest fan - Adolf Hitler. Part of the prize was an audience with legendary screenwriter and novelist William Goldman (Princess Bride, All The President's Men, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid). After reading Jon’s screenplay, Mr. Goldman said, “This is a great story, now go write the novel.” Looking for Garbo is that novel, Jon’s first.

In addition to writing novels, non-fiction and screenplays, Jon is a frequent

presenter of live webinars on the craft of writing. His presentations can be found

at SCRIPT Magazine, The Writers Store and Writers Digest University online.

When he’s not writing or presenting, Jon loves to hike, play tennis and go to

movies. He lives, works and plays in Northern California.