Miriam Herin is a native of Miami, Florida, who lived in Arlington, Virginia, Columbia, South Carolina, and New York City before moving with her family to North Carolina. She is a graduate of Emory and Henry College and the University of South Carolina, where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature. After teaching at a number of colleges and universities, she became a full-time writer. Along the way, she worked for three years as a social worker at a children’s home, was an editor for a time at Good Housekeeping magazine, ran her own free-lance writing and production business, and volunteered for five years to create and coordinate a youth program that involved 56 young people who were refugees from southeast Asia. Miriam is the parent of two adult children and the grandparent of two.
Miriam Herin’s Books
2020 Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Legacy Fiction
Less than 10% of the nominees for the Eric Hoffer Awards become category finalists. They consider this a distinction of its own merit and, in 2008, began officially announcing these titles. Finalists are selected by category scoring and considered for category honors. There are typically 1-6 books per category selected as a finalist.
Miriam Herin’s novel, A Stone for Bread, was the 2020 winner in the Legacy Fiction category.
