For the past seventeen years Mary Miller has been writing about the human condition. Author of the short play FERRIS WHEEL, Mary is recognized by Random House as one of America's "finest playwrights." She has won over a dozen national playwriting awards including the National Repertory Theatre Foundation, the Dayton FutureFest (twice) and honorable mention in the prestigious Jane Chamber Playwriting Award. She is best known for her play Ferris Wheel, which was a finalist at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and published in the anthology TAKE TEN: New 10-Minute Plays (Random House). Since its publication Ferris Wheel has been produced across the United States, in nine countries and translated into three languages.

Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Mary graduated from Westminster High School. Upon graduation she received the BRANHAM AWARD for academic excellence and was recently inducted into the WESTMINSTER HALL OF FAME for her career as a tennis player on the National Circuit. Mary received her B.A. at Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, after having studied at the University of London in London, England, and Davidson College in Davidson, NC. She gained her theatrical experience from years of work in New York City, first as an actress and then as a playwright.

As an actress she appeared both on stage (Off-Off Broadway) as well as on television. For two years she worked on the daytime soap opera All My Children. Turning her hand to writing, Mary made her New York debut as a playwright with the production of LIGHT BURGERS WALTZING THROUGH THE GARDEN WITH JOE. She went on to win the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest Award, first, with I WITNESS and again in 2006 with WAITING FOR OPRAH. Her play A MATTER OF GRACE was a winner in the National Repertory Theatre Foundation as well as recipient of honorable mention from the Jane Chamber Playwriting Award. With the publication of FERRIS WHEEL her work has gone on to receive international attention.

After years in New York City, Mary moved to St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia where she continued to write and see her work produced. While on St. Simons Island, she became involved in radio and worked for WMOG hosting the "Open Mike" show, a live morning call-in program. From radio she moved into television working for WBSG-TV. There she wrote, produced, and served as anchor on the half-hour television series "Close-Up 21."

Having garnered success as a playwright, she focused her attention on novels and has subsequently written UNFINISHED DREAMS and A MATTER OF GRACE.

Mary is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Chicago Dramatists and Working Title Playwrights. She lives on St. Simons Island and works for Sea Island as a Specialty Instructor for The Spa, developing and writing a new program called Live Life Full which focuses on the connection that our mind plays in our health and well-being.