Pat Zietlow Miller knew she wanted to be a writer ever since her seventh-grade English teacher read her paper about square-dancing skirts out loud in class and said: “This is the first time anything a student has written has given me chills.” (Thanks, Mrs. Mueller! You rock!)

Pat started out as a newspaper reporter and wrote about everything from dartball and deer-hunting to diets and decoupage. Then, she joined an insurance company and edited its newsletter and magazine.

Now, she writes insurance information by day and children’s books by night. Her first picture book, SOPHIE’S SQUASH, will be illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf and published Aug. 6, 2013 by Schwartz & Wade, a division of Random House.

Books by Pat Zietlow Miller

Sophie's Squash Go to School

Written by Pat Zietlow Miller with illustrations by Anne Wilsdorf - Children's, Children's 3-7, Family, Family Life, Picture

The Quickest Kid in Clarksville

Written by Pat Zietlow Miller with illustrations by Frank Morrison - Children's 5-8, Family, Prejudice , Racism

Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story

written by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Jill McElmurry - Children's 5-8, Historical Fiction, Picture

Wherever You Go

Written by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler - Picture

Sophie's Squash

by Pat Zietlow Miller