Marla Miller’s first book, All American Girls: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, was published by Simon & Schuster. She is editor-in-chief of Location 3 Magazine, a quarterly lifestyle magazine that circulates in Newport Coast, California. For 18 years, she penned three columns for the Orange County Register. Her interests include pop culture, personality profiles, nonprofits, health care, sports, food and travel. She has written for many publications including Writer’s Digest,The Writer Magazine, Los Angeles Times & Oxygen.com. For eight years, she co-hosted a radio talk show on an NPR affiliate and interviewed many notable writers including Ray Bradbury and Joe Wambaugh. A former nurse practitioner, she writes about health and consults on several health care websites. Miller teaches marketing workshops at several writers’ conferences throughout the country. Her column in The Writer Magazine profiled noted authors and their early years in writing. Miller established the Young Writers Program that continues to be a thriving part of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. She has taught narrative nonfiction workshops at the University of California, Irvine - Extension. Of her freelance editing clients, two have authored best-selling books. One of Miller’s authors was represented by a conventional publisher. The other self published her memoir which turned out to be an experience that turned Miller into a believer in self publishing’s potential. It’s always about telling good stories.

Marla Miller’s personal life includes mothering three great girls ages 27, 23 and 20. She also has a sweetie that helps her maintain balance as she travels down the zigzagging roads of her writing life.