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Ron Miller

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Ron Miller is an illustrator and author living in South Boston, Virginia. Before becoming a freelance illustrator in 1977, Miller was art director for the National Air & Space Museum's Albert Einstein Planetarium. Prior to this he was a commercial advertising illustrator. His primary work today entails the writing and illustration of books specializing in astronomical, astronautical and science fiction subjects. His special interest is in exciting young people about science, and in recent years has focused on writing books for young adults. To date he has more than 50 titles to his credit. His work has also appeared on scores of book jackets, book interiors and in magazines such as National Geographic, Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Air & Space, Sky & Telescope, Newsweek, Natural History, Discover, Geo, etc.

Miller's books include the Hugo-nominated The Grand Tour, Cycles of Fire, In the Stream of Stars, and The History of Earth. All of have been Book-of-the-Month Club Feature Selections and have seen numerous translations.

Considered an authority on Jules Verne, Miller translated and illustrated new, definitive editions of Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth as well as a major companion/atlas to Verne's works. He has worked as a consultant on Verne for Disney Imagineering and for A&E's Biography series.

Miller is also considered an authority on the early history of spaceflight. The Dream Machines, a comprehensive 744-page history of manned spacecraft, was nominated for the prestigious IAF Manuscript Award and won the Booklist Editor's Choice Award.

As an artist, Miller has designed a set of ten commemorative stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and has been a production illustrator for motion pictures, notably Dune and Total Recall. He has also done preproduction concepts, consultation and matte art for David Lynch, George Miller, John Ellis, UFO Films and James Cameron. He designed and co-directed the computer-generated show ride film, Impact! and has taken part in numerous international space art workshops and exhibitions, including seminal sessions held in Iceland and the Soviet Union . His original paintings are in numerous private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Pushkin Museum .

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Ron Miller

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Books from Ron Miller

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

The Grand Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System

The Art of Space: The History of Space Art, from the Earliest Visions to the Graphics of the Modern Era

Recentering the Universe: The Radical Theories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton

Chasing the Storm: Tornadoes, Meteorology, and Weather Watching

Is the End of the World Near?: From Crackpot Predictions to Scientific Scenarios

Digital Art: Painting with Pixels

Curiosity's Mission on Mars: Exploring the Red Planet

Firebrands: The Heroines Of Science Fiction And Fantasy

The Elements: What You Really Want to Know

Doctor Omega

By Rocket to the Moon (Annotated)

Strange Pleasures 3

Brain Quest: American History (Be A Know-It-All!)

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (Annotated)

Bradamant: The Iron Tempest

The Earth-Tube

Lentala of the South Seas (Annotated)

Seven Wonders of Engineering