Author Report The author of my book is Kirsten Miller. Kirsten Miller was raised in North Carolina. Her home was a small town in the mountains. When she turned seventeen she left her mountain home and moved to the big city of New York. Kirsten still lives in the city of New York to this day (“Kirsten Miller”). “As far as I’m concerned, no one’s invented a magical realm that’s any more fascinating than New York City” (Kirsten Miller). Kirsten receives a lot of inspiration from the everyday life in New York. Other main sources of influence for Kirsten come from newspapers, magazines, PBS, and also snippets of conversation that she overhears on the streets. The first published novel written by Kirsten Miller, Kiki Strike, was loosely based on
