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Michele W. Miller has lived most of her life in Upper Manhattan-Harlem and Washington Heights-where her novels often take place and where she currently resides with her husband, 20-year-old twin sons, two cats, and a large dog. After serving as chief ethics prosecutor for New York City, she now serves as General Counsel for a non-profit agency that provides re-entry services to the formerly incarcerated. She has herself overcome addiction, homelessness, and incarceration.
"Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards Semi-Finalist ""Superbly written tale."" -Publishers Weekly ""Consistently thrilling and immersive... impeccably drawn setting... A gritty, action-packed thriller anchored by a heroic duo worth cheering for."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""Whether from the viewpoint of a recovering or hopelessly lost addict, a concerned policeman, a relentless journalist or the other citizens of New York that live and breathe within the pages of Michele W. Miller's The Lower Power, the writing never delivers less than rich characters or a story of increasing urgency. This is a harsh but necessary novel of crime and addiction and violence, and the effects they have on those who are powerless...and the beauty in power being discovered."" -E.A. Aymar, author of No Home for Killers and When She Left ""The Lower Power is one scream-out-loud, terrifying read. An apocalyptic yarn as original and harrowing as Stephen King's The Stand... deeply moving."" -Jamie Brickhouse, author of Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother ""Readers and libraries interested in stories that arrive steeped in the atmosphere of adversity and revised possibilities will find The Lower Power's ability to weave real-world flavors with supernatural and social elements gives it a compelling draw, making it hard to either predict or put down."" -Midwest Book Reviews ""This book is thoroughly addictive."" -Colin Broderick, author of Church End ""I am afraid of being afraid on a good day. And it was not a good day when I picked up The Lower Power, Michele W. Miller's book about drugs and recovery and demonic possession, bad cops and nightmares, superstition and probably black magic, in Harlem and El Barrio and parts north and south. I know the places and recognizing the incredible details of the time and place was a gas. A gripping book. I couldn't put it down until I found out what happened to those characters."" -Angela Dews, author of Harlem Hit and Run and Still, in the City ""Reading this tense supernatural thriller set in NYC's 1980s crack epidemic is like falling down a rabbit hole and hoping, praying that there's some way out. Miller creates an authentic cast of characters who will break your heart and make you sit up and cheer."" -Marsha Skrypunch, author of Winter Kill ""The Lower Power is a delicious read that will hook you from start to finish."" -N.J. Gallegos, author of The Broken Heart"
