Bobbi Miller earned her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College, and was awarded honors with distinction for her Master of Arts in Children’s Literature degree from Simmons College in Boston. Her first middle grade novel, Big River’s Daughter (Holiday House, 2013) comes recommended by the International Reading Association, and was nominated for the Amelia Bloomer Project (American Library Association, 2013). The Historical Novel Society, an international literary society, offeres, “..., this book comes recommended for its innovative language and use of folkloric elements which illuminate an unusual time and locale.” The book is listed on A Mighty Girl’s Top 2013 Mighty Girl Books for Tweens and Teens. Her second novel, Girls of Gettysburg (Middle Grade, Holiday House, August 2014) is listed as a Hot Pick on Children’s Book Council for September 2014. It also won an honor for the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Cup Overfloweth and an honor for the 2015 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People.