Kirsten Miller is an accomplished South African novelist, writer and artist represented by numerous published works and a range of large scale private and public art pieces.

Miller has held jobs as a university lecturer, creativity teacher and dolphin trainer and has lived in Gqeberha, London, Cape Town and Johannesburg.

[6] The novel is set in the resort town of Mtunzini in Zululand, South Africa, and deals warmly with the complex relationships between the three central protagonists.

Miller was a featured book reviewer for the Sunday Times and has contributed regularly to South African Airways' in-flight magazine Sawubona until 2014.

SABC TV featured Miller in the series The Power Within, aired in December 2009, where she discussed her work in autism, writing and art.

[20] Miller lead a team of 14 artists and volunteers who assisted in the design,fabrication and installation of the mosaic artwork on the whale themed pier, rated by CNN as the world's most beautiful.

[21] Her life-size fabric, beads and fiberglass commission of African Moo-nlight for the children's cancer charity CowParade was purchased on auction by the brewer SABMiller.