REBECCA MILLER worked as a painter and an actress before becoming a writer and director. She is the author of the short story collection Personal Velocity, her feature film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and the writer-director of Angela, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and, most recently, the novel and film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, starring Robin Wright, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively and Winona Ryder. She lives in New York and Ireland with her family. Visit her online at www.rebecca-miller.com.