Leslie F. Miller

Birdcage: She’ll give you the bird.
Deerhead: She’s got a nice rack.
Snail: She’s an empty shell of a woman.
Razor: She’s a skag.

Leslie F. Miller breaks things and puts them back together in a random, yet tasteful, order. As a writer, photographer, and mosaic artist, she makes the small big and the big small.

Her first book of nonfiction, Let Me Eat Cake: A Celebration of Flour, Sugar, Butter, Eggs, Vanilla, Baking Powder, and a Pinch of Salt (Simon & Schuster, 2009), chronicles the many times she has eaten cake from the trash can or a strange child’s plate. Leslie’s poetry, fiction, essays, photographs, and articles—some the winners of small awards—have been published in magazines, newspapers, and journals across the country.