For fans of IMPERFECT ALCHEMIST, I’m happy to announce the forthcoming publication on September 13 of the first Italian edition in translation: L’ALCHIMISTA IMPERFETTA!

I’m thrilled to share the news that Mary Wroth’s play, Love’s Victory, will be performed live at Penshurst Place this fall, at the conference on “The Sidneys of Penshurst and Beyond,” where I’ll be reading from Imperfect Alchemist as well as my novel about Mary Wroth, STRANGE LABYRINTH. The Sidneys

I’m excited to share the news of an upcoming conference at Penshurst Place that focuses attention on Mary Wroth, England’s first female fiction writer, as well as Mary Sidney Herbert and other members of the Sidney-Herbert family. The Sidneys of Penshurst and Beyond: Contexts, Connections, Collaborations 27-28 September 2022 Proposals

I’m happy to share that, after a six-month hiatus from social media, I’ve completed revisions of a draft of my newest novel, now titled STRANGE LABYRINTH: A NOVEL OF MARY SIDNEY WROTH, which will be the sequel to my debut novel, Imperfect Alchemist (Allison & Busby Books 2020). England’s first

In the article below, originally printed in the Sidney Journal, Naomi Miller discusses the composition of STRANGE LABYRINTH, the sequel to Imperfect Alchemist, which tells the story of Lady Mary Wroth, an inventive novelist, poet and playwright in Renaissance England. Download the article as a PDF here. *    *    *

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a new book of essays about early modern women in biofiction, “Authorizing Early Modern European Women: From Biography to Biofiction,” coedited by myself, Jim Fitzmaurice, and Sara Jayne Steen – coming out on Dec. 6 from Amsterdam University Press! The essays in this

Imperfect Alchemist by Naomi Miller has been selected by the Historical Writers’ Association 2021 Debut Crown Award longlist! The 2021 Crown Awards (Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction) are for full-length books published for the first time in English in the UK between 1 April 2020 – 31st March 2021. For fiction,

We’re excited to share today that Imperfect Alchemist was selected for Women’s Fiction Writers Association’s (WFWA) curated list of Inspirational and Impactful Reads for Women’s History Month. This month’s Historical Fiction list highlights books that feature the courage and resilience of women. We’re honored to be included among the other amazing

The Acknowledgements section of my debut novel, Imperfect Alchemist (Allison & Busby 2020), opens with these words: With my students at Smith College, who have journeyed alongside me in exploring the works produced by Shakespeare’s Sisters—the early modern women authors whose voices were first heard by Shakespeare and his contemporaries—I