DAVID THURMAN MILLER is a retired attorney and computer professional. Prior to a long career as a network and security specialist for the federal judiciary he served as assistant director of the University of Kentucky Office of Continuing Legal Education and counsel to the Kentucky Retirement Systems. He holds a B.A. from West Virginia University, a Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of Kentucky, and a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law.
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David owns the small press Bacchante Books and his work has been published by such prestigious houses as St. Martin's Press and Southern Illinois University Press as well as in numerous magazines.
In addition to his own material David has contributed to many projects as editor, agent, publisher, consultant, and more:
Literature "Flannery O'Conner and Maryat Lee: Family, Faith, and 'In-Betweenness,'" Flannery O'Conner Review, Georgia State College and University (Winter 2023)
Self-Help The GBM Model to Whole Health (editor)
Book review Kentucky's United States Senators, Kentucky Bench & Bar Sept. 2021 at 24 (author)
History Maryat Lee, Kentucky Humanities Magazine, Fall 2021 at 21 (author)
Theater William French, Maryat Lee's Ecotheater, Bacchante Books (contributor, republishing editor, rights management)
Memoir Robin Rainbow Gate, Calling Myself Home: Living Simply, Following Your Heart and What Happens When You Jump, Orange Road Press (editor, agent)
Fiction P. Shaun Neal, Mama's Song, Bottom Dog Press (editor, agent)
Nonfiction Steve Flairty, Kentucky's Everyday Heroes Vol. 5 (foreword)
True Crime Chicago Heights: Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana, Southern Illinois University Press (co-writer, editor, agent, and audio production)
Fiction Joseph G. Anthony, Wanted: Good Family, Bottom Dog Press (editor)
Memoir Earned in Blood, Thurman Miller, St. Martin's Press (co-writer, editor, agent)
Devotional Rita Setness, Surviving Child Loss, WestBow Press (editor)
Poetry The End of the World and Other Poems, Bacchante Books (writer, publisher, cover)
History Miner-A Life Underground, Bacchante Books (co-writer, editor, publisher, cover)
​Academic Annual updates to Hon. Joe Lee practice handbook, West Publications (research, writer)
Military Bordages et al, Suicide Creek (editor, publisher, digital research, OCR, cover, repackaging)
Book review Appalachian Heritage
Memorabilia Ngaire's Kitchen
in addition to paper and e-materials for community, medical, and legal professionals, and regular columns or occasional pieces for Lexington Family Magazine, ACE, Nougat, Fayette County Bar, Bluegrass Dog, Kentucky Department for Public Advocacy's The Defender newsletter, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, and many others.
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