Marianne K. Miller, nominated for the Best Crime First Novel

Marianne K. Miller’s novel, We Were the Bullfighters, is nominated for the Best Crime First Novel, sponsored by Melodie Campbell with a prize of $1000.

Marianne K. Miller’s debut novel, We Were the Bullfighters, (Dundurn Press) is about Ernest Hemingway’s time at the Toronto Daily Star in 1923. On his first day, Hemingway was sent to cover a prison break at Kingston Pen. The novel follows Hemingway and the convicts on the run. A graduate of the Creative Writing Program, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, Miller won and was twice short-listed for the Random House Award for Student Writing. Her story, Vigil Night, appeared in The Antigonish Review. Her monologue, a. k. a. Jason, is a popular audition piece for aspiring actors. A member of the Hemingway Society, in 2018, she presented a paper, Hemingway in Toronto, at the 18th International Hemingway Conference in Paris, France. 

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