Michele W. Miller has lived most of her life in Upper Manhattan-Harlem and Washington Heights-where her novels often take place and where she currently resides with her husband, 20-year-old twin sons, two cats, and a large dog. After serving as chief ethics prosecutor for New York City, she now serves as General Counsel for a non-profit agency that provides re-entry services to the formerly incarcerated. She has herself overcome addiction, homelessness, and incarceration.