Phyllis Zimbler Miller

Phyllis Zimbler Miller was raised in Elgin, Illinois, and majored in journalism at Michigan State University, where she met her future husband, Army ROTC cadet Mitchell R. Miller, on the State News editorial staff.

In May of 1970 Mitch went on active duty at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and Phyllis tagged along with him. Her women's friendship novel MRS. LIEUTENANT is inspired by the nine weeks they spent at Ft. Knox.

From September 1970 to May 1972 Phyllis and Mitch were stationed in Munich, Germany, where Mitch served with the 18th Military Intelligence Battalion.

Phyllis eventually got a security clearance and worked as a civilian with the 66th MI Group. Her romantic suspense spy thriller CIA FALL GUY is partially based on knowledge she learned on this job (reports she typed went to the Munich office of the CIA).

After Mitch's military service, while living in Philadelphia, Phyllis was an editor and reporter for the Jewish Exponent before earning an M.B.A. at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her Wharton experience is the starting point for her Los Angeles-based cozy mystery CAST THE FIRST STONE.

Phyllis and Mitch moved to Los Angeles in 1980, and Phyllis held positions at TigerAir and Max Factor. She then worked as a marketing consultant while their two daughters were young, and she was the founding president of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

In 1992 Perigee, an imprint of Putnam, published the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION that Phyllis wrote with Rabbi Karen L. Fox.

Years later, after helping her daughters get into college, she worked with other students applying to college and graduate school. This work forms the basis of her three-book HOW TO SUCCEED series for teens and young adults.

In 2008 Phyllis co-founded an online marketing company at the same time she self-published her novel MRS. LIEUTENANT, which was selected as a 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semifinalist. Phyllis dove into the world of blogging, social media, and online book marketing. These activities form the basis of her TOP TIPS online marketing books.

Phyllis and Mitch have maintained an interest in military intelligence, and Mitch is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers and the U.S. Naval Institute. Together they wrote the thriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS.

They now live in Beverly Hills, where Phyllis is busy working with online marketing clients as well as writing more books and blogging about author topics at www.PhyllisZimblerMiller.com

Phyllis' fiction books include:

Women's friendship novel MRS. LIEUTENANT -- 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semifinalist.

YA short story PINKY SWEAR -- a prequel to MRS. LIEUTENANT.

Romantic suspense spy thriller CIA FALL GUY -- for fans of Dorothy Gilman and Helen MacInnes.

Cozy mystery CAST THE FIRST STONE: A REBECCA STONE MYSTERY -- takes place in Los Angeles and concerns The Wharton School.

Cozy mystery short stories TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: REBECCA STONE MYSTERY SHORT STORIES -- two mystery stories in Los Angeles.

Navy thriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS (written with Mitchell R. Miller) -- for military thriller fans who enjoy a fictional female character in a traditionally male role.

Phyllis' nonfiction books include:

TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO PUBLISH AND MARKET YOUR BOOK IN THE AGE OF AMAZON: 3 Top Tips Books in 1

TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR BOOK IN THE AGE OF KINDLE: Action Steps You Can Do Immediately Whether You Are Unpublished or Already Published

TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO MARKET ON THE INTERNET WITH PICTURES: Action Steps You Can Do Immediately Whether You Are an Expert or a Novice

TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO MARKET YOUR BOOK ON AMAZON AND FACEBOOK: Action Steps You Can Do Immediately Whether You Are Traditionally Published or Self-Published

The HOW TO SUCCEED IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND BEYOND COLLEGE 3-book series for teens and young adults:

HOW TO SUCCEED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND PREP FOR COLLEGE

HOW TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND PREP FOR HIGH SCHOOL

HOW TO SUCCEED BEYOND COLLEGE

P.S. While several of Phyllis' books are available only in Kindle format, you do not need a Kindle in order to read these. Amazon provides FREE Kindle apps for many electronic devices and these apps can be downloaded at http://budurl.com/freeKindleapp