Novelist and Policy researcher

Miller is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, translated into seventeen languages: Norwegian by Night, The Girl in Green, American by Day, Radio Life, the Audible Original novel Quiet Time, How to Find Your Way in the Dark, and The Curse of Pietro Houdini. His work has won the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and has been nominated for or shortlisted for numerous awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger (twice), the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.

How to Find Your Way in the Dark was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and won the Jewish Fiction Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Miller has lived abroad for more than twenty-five years, including extended periods in Israel, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, Norway, and Spain.

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Miller is a policy researcher and design theorist whose work focuses on how institutions make decisions under constraint, particularly during periods of technological, social, or informational disruption. He is the founder and director of The Policy Lab, an independent research platform established in 2011 to advance evidence-based policy design at the intersection of cultural research, design practice, and public policy.

His professional background includes senior research and advisory roles within the United Nations system, where he worked on peace and security, reintegration of ex-combatants, humanitarian action, and the translation of local knowledge into viable policy and program design. His current research centers on Technology Resolution Theory (TRT) and the development of Technology Resolution Strategies (TRS), which help institutions understand and respond to forced encounters with practice-altering technologies such as generative AI. His work is grounded in academic research and applied advisory practice, without collapsing one into the other. Miller holds a Ph.D. in International Relations (Graduate Institute, Geneva), an M.A. in National Security Studies (Georgetown), and completed postgraduate study at St. Catherine’s and Linacre Colleges, University of Oxford.

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derekbmiller@gmail.com