Cathleen Miller

Cathleen Miller
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPennsylvania State University
Occupation(s)Author, travel writer, essayist, professor
Known forChampion of Choice, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad

Cathleen Miller is an internationally best-selling American nonfiction writer based in California. Her 2013 book, Champion of Choice, is the biography of United Nations leader Nafis Sadik.[1][2][3][4][5]

She is also the author of Desert Flower (1998),[6][7] co-written with Waris Dirie—a Somali nomad turned model turned activist—who shared her experience with female genital mutilation to bring about global awareness.[8][9] The book has been cited by the United Nations as having played a major role in the advocacy against female genital mutilation. Desert Flower was made into a feature film in 2009 and released in 34 countries. The print version sold over 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 55 languages.[10]

  1. ^ "Champion of Choice". Kirkus Reviews
  2. ^ "Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik". New York Journal of Books.
  3. ^ Joan, Erakit. "BOOKS: The Legacy of Nafis Sadik, Champion of Choice". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ Singh, Gary. "Cathleen Miller: Champion of Choice". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ^ Taylor, Nick. "Champion of Choice by Cathleen Miller". Palo Alto Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ^ "'Desert Flower' Tells Story of Waris Dirie". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  8. ^ Richard Eldridge (27 March 2009). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 333–. ISBN 978-0-19-518263-7.
  9. ^ David Jasper; G. M. Newlands; Darlene Bird (2004). Believing in the Text: Essays from the Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology, and the Arts, University of Glasgow. Peter Lang. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-3-03910-076-7.
  10. ^ Singh, Gary. "SJSU's Cathleen Miller helped create bestselling book, Desert Flower, now a major feature film". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 21 October 2015.