Sheila White Miller

Sheila’s writing career began in 1981 when her collection of cartoons, The Good Daughter's Guide, was published by Ivory Tower Publishing. The following year, her second cartoon book, Dogs Are People Too, was published by the same company. Both books did very well and were distributed internationally.

In 1996, she wrote her first screenplay entitled Writing His Own Book (a drama, based on a true story). Shortly thereafter, the screenplay was a quarter-finalist in the Writer's Network Screenplay Competition, and was optioned by Carol Abram's, a Peabody Award winning movie producer. In 2000, Writing His Own Book received the Best Family Drama Screenplay Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival.

The Epiphany, a romantic dramedy is Sheila’s most recently completed screenplay. It’s about a cheating husband who recognizes, too late, that his wife is the best thing that’s ever happened to him. He decides to do everything he can, within reason (and beyond), to change his ways and win her back.

Sheila has also written her first novel, Purple. It’s a comical tale of a frustrated housewife with a failed writing career, and a critical, unappreciative husband and son. With the help of her best friend, she uses a new writing project as an excuse to track down and reconnect with the guitar-playing hippie she once loved, but left behind in college during the Woodstock days.

Currently, Sheila is working on a dramatic screenplay, entitled, No Words. This is a contemporary story about a childless woman in an abusive marriage who ultimately finds love and fulfillment with a non-verbal, young, handsome, disabled man in a nursing home.

This year Mark Campbell Productions optioned Sheila’s romantic comedy, Dogs Are People, Too (unrelated to the cartoon book, but a lucky title for her). She looks forward to working with this talented and delightful group of filmmakers as they bring her humorous script to life.