Helen Catherine Knapp Markley Miller[1] (December 4, 1896 – November 1984)[2][3] was an American writer of historical and biographical fiction for children taking place in the Western United States.
[4] Helen Markley Miller was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
[6] She married journalist Martin Baxter Miller (May 30, 1900 – May 14, 1944), who became managing editor at the Idaho Statesman.
[8][9] In 1954 she graduated with a master's degree from Western State College of Colorado.
[10] After her graduate studies, Miller lived in McCall, Idaho[5][11][12] and wrote 21 more books.