Education
- MA (Literature: Creative Writing) summa cum laude: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College
- BA Hons (Drama in Education and Community Theatre) cum laude: University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
- BA (English and Drama): University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Memberships
Awards
- Winner: Minara Chamber of Commerce Aziz Hassim Literary Award 2019
- Long-listed: Dublin Literary Award 2020
- Short-listed: Herman Charles Bosman Literary Award 2019
- Long-listed: Barry Ronge Fiction Prize 2019
- Winner: Minara Chamber of Commerce Aziz Hassim Literary Award 2018
- Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript 2016
- Finalist: SA PEN/STUDZINSKI Award 2011
- Finalist in the HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award 2006
- Short-listed for the HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award 2005
- Finalist: Jacana/EU Literary Award 2004
Participations
- eThekwini Writers Workshop March 2019
- Minara Writers’ Workshop Westville January 2019
- Etienne van Heerden Veldsoiree Festival Participant 2018
- Midlands Literary Festival Participant 2018
- Franschhoek Literary Festival Participant 2018
- Time of the Writer Participant 2018
- Articulate Africa – Essence Festival Participant 2016
- Time of the Writer Participant 2015
- Time of the Writer Participant 2008
- Cow Parade South Africa 2004
Please contact me by sending an email to kirsty@kirstenmiller.co.za, or find me on Facebook.
Hi Kirsten
I bought your book “A time for fairies” when it just came out, and my first born daughter was small (Tao is now 16). What an amazing book! I now have a laatlammetjie, 3 year old boy whose favorite book is now “A time for fairies”. He loves it so much that he knows the words by heart! My daughter still has beautiful personalised the fairy letters that she got from the fairies in her garden all those many many years ago, and I would love to find out if i can order more personalised letters for my son? I am nearing 50 now, and my eyesight is so poor that i cannot properly even read those tiny letters, let alone recreate it myself. I tried to look up the website http://www.atimeforfairies.co.za but it doesn’t seem to exist any more unfortunately. What a loss to young children!
Let me know,
thanks so much