Meyers, Miriam

MIRIAM MEYERS spent her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, where her mother worked in the food service industry for four decades. Since completing degrees in English, French, and linguistics at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University and Georgetown University, Miriam has taught and worked as a writer, editor, and administrator. She is currently Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. She lives in Minneapolis, where she gardens and watches birds when she is not writing and teaching. _