Kris Millering's Biography

The first time I wrote what I considered to be a "real" story, I was in the third grade. We were assigned to write a story about a spaceship.

That spaceship got swallowed up by a black hole, killing everyone aboard. I was very proud of that story. (I was an odd child.)

It's all been downhill from there.

I was born in California in 1974, wrote my first poem in 1981, and have more or less been compulsively writing ever since. I did manage to pay enough attention to graduate from the University of Iowa with a degree in linguistics; when I moved to Seattle in 1996, I managed to parlay my degree and a modicum of HTML knowledge into what, surprisingly, has turned out to be an actual career in high tech.

All along, I've been writing. About five years ago, I started writing with my good friend Storm Wilder, and began to transistion to longer works.

I am a member of the Clarion West class of 2009, and I have just had a story published in the anthology Ravens in the Library!

I also have a small photography business called Nareshe Photography, an office supply fetish, and despite my best intentions I've turned into a runner. I also make books and do art journaling.

Outside of that, I reside south of Seattle with my two partners, our three cats, and two dogs. I blog at the hidden place and the other time (mostly personal) and warden of where the river went (largely professional) about writing, art, life, etc.

If you'd like to contact me, feel free to drop me a line at kmillering at gmail dot com, or feel free to comment on either of my blogs.