At age 76, Lynn Ruth Miller is a renaissance woman who wears many hats. She entertains audiences of all ages with comedy and song. She is living proof that the older you are, the more fun you have.
At age 67, Lynn Ruth re-invented herself when she published her first book, STARVING HEARTS, an autobiographical novel about her struggle with bulimia and an overwhelming mother. She became a speaker who inspired others with eating disorders to believe that they can help themselves just as she did. The book has now sold 6,200 copies. She followed it with a series of THOUGHTS books, compilations of essays written as columns for her local newspaper, The Pacifica Tribune.
“Lynn Ruth Miller mines her diverse friendships and experiences to create parables with a humorous edge. Turning hardship into triumph is the principal theme; it’s the story of her life.”
Her writing has been published in more than 100 outlets nationwide and she has read passages from her books all… read more
At age 76, Lynn Ruth Miller is a renaissance woman who wears many hats. She entertains audiences of all ages with comedy and song. She is living proof that the older you are, the more fun you have.
At age 67, Lynn Ruth re-invented herself when she published her first book, STARVING HEARTS, an autobiographical novel about her struggle with bulimia and an overwhelming mother. She became a speaker who inspired others with eating disorders to believe that they can help themselves just as she did. The book has now sold 6,200 copies. She followed it with a series of THOUGHTS books, compilations of essays written as columns for her local newspaper, The Pacifica Tribune.
“Lynn Ruth Miller mines her diverse friendships and experiences to create parables with a humorous edge. Turning hardship into triumph is the principal theme; it’s the story of her life.”
Her writing has been published in more than 100 outlets nationwide and she has read passages from her books all over the US and abroad. Sprinkling humor with a touch of nostalgia, her works focus on topics that touch us all: the changing role of women, all-too-common eating disorders, growing old and the general idiosyncrasies of today’s society.
Her books are must-haves for anyone in life who takes life just a little too seriously.
Lynn Ruth is the host on two television programs on public access television, Channel 26 in Pacifica: “What’s Hot Between The Covers” (book reviews and interviews in the arts) and “Paint With Lynn” (a hands on creative arts series)
She has compiled her favorite THOUGHTS essays into a CD: Thoughts And More Thoughts.
She began stand up comedy when she turned 70 and has been featured in venues throughout the bay area. She produced and starred in her show WEAPONS OF LAUGH DESTRUCTION with 6 rotating comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005 and has been invited back to do comedy and art productions for 2006.
She is currently presenting her one-woman show, FAREWELL TO THE TOOTH FAIRY, a 90-minute staged production of essay from her books throughout the country that featured at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at C Venues in Edinburgh, Scotland
She followed it with two more storytelling shows, ALL ABOUT ME & ANOTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR. She presented these shows in Edinburgh, Brighton and at the Fresno Rogue Festival on a yearly basis. —lynnruthmiller.net/
