https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/home daily 1.0 2023-07-24 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/about daily 0.75 2023-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/9444463f-01e4-4501-a77b-cc37f6f46b0b/IMG_4149.jpg About - samuel miller is a novelist, screenwriter, musician, & little league baseball coach. …made in South Dakota, based in Los Angeles. His most recent novel, Redemption Prep (Harper-Collins, April 2020), was a New York Times & Indie Bestseller. It is currently in active development for television with MGM TV. His debut, A Lite Too Bright (Harper-Collins, May 2018), released to critical acclaim & three starred reviews. The book has been translated into four languages & released in eight countries. His first feature film as a writer / producer, Hey Viktor!, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and is due 2024 from CRAVE Canada. Samuel grew up the son of a pastor & a teacher in Vermillion, South Dakota. In addition to writing novels, Samuel has directed a number of major label music videos, & attended the University of Southern California's MFA program in Film & Television Production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/0747f571-78f7-42bd-8fca-837e6eeda202/Samuel+Miller+-+01-25-2020+-+Raelena+Kniff+Media+41+Author.jpg About https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-02-04 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2023-07-26 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/darkpartsoftheuniverse daily 0.75 2024-01-19 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/donate daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/books daily 0.75 2026-09-10 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/books/redemptionprep monthly 0.5 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/a68ebb52-ce90-4f18-8c43-34b2a94a9b6b/Redemption+Prep+Samuel+Miller+book_final_02.jpg Books - Redemption Prep - Redemption Prep (2020) New York Times and Indie Bestseller! In development for TV with MGM! Twin Peaks meets Riverdale in this twisty atmospheric mystery from the critically acclaimed author of A Lite Too Bright, Samuel Miller, about the search for a missing girl at an elite prep school. Everyone knows Emma. Neesha’s her best friend, Aiden’s her basketball star boyfriend, and Evan’s her shadow, following Emma’s every move. Emma stands out, which is hard to do at Redemption Prep, a school where every student has been handpicked to attend its remote campus in the forest of Utah. So when she goes missing in plain sight during mass, everyone notices. And everyone becomes a suspect, especially at a school with so many rules: Don’t skip mass. Don’t break curfew. Don’t go into the woods. Emma’s disappearance ignites an investigation, and Neesha, Aiden, and Evan all want to find her—for different reasons. But they each have their own secrets to hide, and not everyone wants Emma to be found. As the search continues, the students start to realize that they’re not the only ones trying to hide something. Redemption Prep has secrets, too—secrets bigger than any of the students could have imagined, and Emma could be the key to finding out the truth . . . if anyone can find her. “A tense and atmospheric thriller with a truly surprising twist. I can’t wait to see what Samuel Miller does next!” —Kara Thomas, award-winning author of The Cheerleaders “This is a book only Samuel Miller could write and let me tell you, it was mind blowing.” - Sasha Alsberg, #1 NYT bestselling author "Eerie, atmospheric, and smart as a whip, Redemption Prep kept me on my edge of my seat until the last page." - Brittany Cavallaro, NYT bestselling author https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/books/alitetoobright monthly 0.5 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/1d13f86b-ad73-4206-9c02-be60aab85ba7/Samuel+Miller+_+a+lite+too+bright+cover.jpg https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/books/darkpartsoftheuniverse monthly 0.5 2026-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/4be64189-4aa6-4c96-b6e9-e25d88acf194/Dark+Parts+of+the+Universe_final_01.jpeg Books - Dark Parts of the Universe Dark Parts of the Universe (2024) “The page-turning suspense is a draw, but the book’s ultimate strength is its skillful exploration of racial injustice in rural America.” - Kirkus Reviews “In the richly detailed plot, Miller deftly captures the claustrophobic nature of small-town residents locked into what they believe is the way things should be.” - School Library Journal (starred review) Willie Eckles, a fourteen-year-old in Calico Springs, Missouri, lives inside a probability tunnel— “in Calico,” the saying goes, “you don’t get out. You get along.” That is, until he discovers Manifest Atlas, an app-based adventure game that claims to lead players to whatever they desire— manifestation made literal. One night, desperate to prove to his brother’s friends that it works, Willie sets his intention as ‘something bloody,’ & Manifest Atlas brings them to an abandoned mill… where they discover a dismembered body in the drain. The Game explodes in Calico Springs, with Willie at the center of an expanding, cosmic mystery. But as the Game warns you— when you break from the Universe, the Universe fights back. There are dark forces at play, & as the body count in Calico Springs continues to rise, & the group begin to feel themselves hunted… it becomes a race against time, to disrupt the flow of the fate, & keep history from repeating itself. https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/film-tv daily 0.75 2026-09-10 https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/film-tv/heyviktor monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/794f18e6-b459-42ce-a9c0-290f431d1637/Hey+Viktor+Cody+Lightning Film / TV - Hey Viktor! - Hey Viktor! (2024) Directed by Cody Lightning Written by Samuel Miller and Cody Lightning Cody Lightning is known all around the reserve for his role as Little Viktor in 1998’s Indigenous classic Smoke Signals, even if these days, the only parts he’s getting are porn and fracking commercials. But when Cody’s life falls apart, he decides it's time to quit fucking around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, & starring in SMOKE SIGNALS 2: STILL SMOKING. A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world, re-assmebling the original cast, borrowing money from arms dealers, & realizing his vision... just in time to realize his vision was shit. Starring CODY LIGHTNING, SIMON BAKER, HANNAH CHEESMAN, ADAM BEACH, COLLIN MOCHRIE, PHIL BURKE https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/film-tv/allmylivesatonce monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/7146c9d1-e391-43f7-af20-0e312fdd552b/Screen+Shot+2021-08-29+at+1.07.09+PM.jpg Film / TV - All My Lives At Once - All My Lives At Once (2017) Directed by Samuel Miller A teenager contemplates the stop & go of life on her reserve. Short film music video for Lostboycrow. https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/film-tv/tensi monthly 0.5 2022-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/44fa40b8-2ad3-4c2a-b021-1fe6930f593c/Screen+Shot+2021-08-29+at+1.04.33+PM.png Film / TV - Tensi - Tensi (2017) Starring Rachel Marsh and Kristian Flores Directed by Samuel Miller Written by Samuel Miller A pregnant teenager seeks refuge at her classmate’s Uncle’s cabin… for a very specific reason. https://www.samuelmillerbooks.com/film-tv/smudgetheblades monthly 0.5 2026-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc824458d7540ff770f00c/5d104812-6ce2-4e0d-b435-e3122d9b79db/STB+-+TIFF+ANNOUNCE+%28FINAL%29.jpg Film / TV - Smudge the Blades - Smudge the Blades (2026) Directed by Cody Lightning Written by Samuel Miller and Cody Lightning For kids in TREATY 6 territory, hockey is life. But when the TREATY 6 BLADES, a self-organized U18 team from the reserve, finally get a spot in the highest division of the Edmonton City League, they fall apart in their first game, leading to a violent brawl that leaves them kicked out and without a coach. Desperate to keep the team together for their final year, their only option is the COUNTRY LEAGUE, a poorly-run collection of farm towns and rural reserves across northern Alberta. But they still need a coach, someone desperate enough to coach the team and drive the van, for just the money they have left… Enter WILLIE ARCAND (Cody Lightning), a charming and mysterious degenerate who drives zamboni at the City League rink. He doesn’t care about much of anything, but after meeting CHANELLE (Jana Schmieding)— a Mom from Treaty 6— his life is changed forever. He’ll do anything for her… including coaching a hockey team. At first, it’s a failed experiment. The Blades don’t respect Willie, and he doesn’t care. The Country League games are rugged— difficult crowds, corrupt refs, & absolutely brutal hockey. But somewhere between the frozen van rides and busted rinks, Willie and the Blades find a special medicine… By learning to protect each other on and off the ice, they discover a style of hockey that’s all their own, and glory that lasts much longer than any trophy… Starring CODY LIGHTNING, JANA SCHMIEDING, ED HELMS, PAULINA ALEXIS, TREYCEN WUTTUNNEE, ISIAH KAKEPETUM, ELIJAH MOAR, RIVER RAYNE THOMAS, and more!