John Ramsey Miller
John Ramsey Miller | |
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| Born | October 3, 1949 Thriller fiction, Mystery fiction, crime writer |
| Spouse | Susan Dedmon |
| Children | Christian McCarty Miller, Rush Lane Miller, Adam Ramsey Miller |
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John Ramsey Miller (born October 3, 1949) is an American author living in North Carolina.
He began his writing career as a journalist, including an exclusive interview with
As a commercial portrait photographer, Miller photographed notable recording artists for album covers for major labels and portraits of recording artists for illustrating music related magazine articles and for publicity purposes, including;
Additionally Miller produced a series of photos after setting up a 'studio' at
Miller continued to deal with controversy with an account of the obscenity trials of 2 Live Crew. The book, As Nasty as They Wanna Be: The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew,[15] takes the wraps off the notorious rap group, revealing the people behind the bad-mouthed persona.
Switching genres to produce a popular thriller, The Last Family,
Biography
Miller was born in
In 1972 he was working as a still photographer and graphic designer at an ABC TV network affiliate station in Mississippi when he accidentally became embroiled with Martha Mitchell and the burgeoning Watergate scandal. He was fired from his job for trying to help a friend protect Mrs. Mitchell from the press.[citation needed] Thanks to Helen Thomas, he conducted an exclusive filmed interview with Martha Mitchell, which aired on The Dick Cavett Show, August 9, 1973.
In 1981 Miller set up a studio in a narrow hallway of
In 1990, working with
In 1994
Miller, working in a collaboration with 14 other noted writers, including friend
Bibliography
Non-fiction
- As Nasty as They Wanna Be: The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew (1992) (with Luther Campbell)
- Feature articles for Miami Herald's Tropic magazine (Covers and stories illustrated with photos by the author)
- My Friend the Nazi
- The Fifth Street Gym
- Busting With Pride
- Pawnography
- The Estimable Mr. Campbell
Fiction
- The Last Family Bantam (July 1, 1997) ISBN 978-0-553-57496-8
- Inside Out Dell (May 31, 2005) ISBN 978-0-553-58337-3
- Upside Down Dell (June 28, 2005) ISBN 978-0-553-58340-3
- Side by Side Dell (August 30, 2005) ISBN 978-0-553-58343-4
- Too Far Gone Dell (August 29, 2006) ISBN 978-0-440-24309-0
- Smoke and Mirrors Dell (March 25, 2008) ISBN 978-0-440-24310-6
- The Last Day Bantam (December 30, 2008) ISBN 978-0-440-24311-3
References
- ^ The Dick Cavett Show; August 9, 1973
- ^ Photo of Miller on Cavett Show
- ^ Album – Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Jordanaires, Swing Wide Your Gate, 1978 Word Records, Inc.
- ^ Album – Bill Monroe, Bluegrass Memories, 1977 MCA Records
- ^ Album – Bill Monroe, Sings Bluegrass, Body and Soul, 1977 MCA Records
- ^ Albums – David Allan Coe, Human Emotions, 1978 CBS Records; Biggest Hits, 1982 CBS Records; Greatest Hits, 1978 CBS Records; Family Album, 1978 CBS Records
- ^ Album – Amy Grant, My Father's Eyes, 1979 Word, Inc.
- ^ Album – Dion, Inside Job, 1980 Word, Inc.
- ^ Album – Alex Chilton, Feudalist Tarts, 1985 Big Time Records (America)
- ^ Album – Ronnie Milsap Live at the Grand Ole Opry, 1977 RCA Records
- ^ Album – Johnny Duncan, Greatest Hits, 1978 CBS Records; The Best is Yet to Come, 1978 CBS Records
- ^ Album – Tommy Overstreet – Better Me, 1978 ABC Records
- ^ Album – Dogwood – Ordinary Man, 1979 Word, Inc.
- ^ Album – 2 Average White Kids – Psychotic, 1991 Effect Records, Executive Producer Luther Campbell
- ISBN 0942637437.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Random House Authors
- ^ Oxford American, Spring 1996 Issue
- Audible.com
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