Caroline Miller is a former elected member of the county commission of Multnomah County, Oregon in the United States, and a published author.
Miller served a term as an original councilor with METRO.[1] She later served two consecutive four year terms (the maximum permitted) as a member of the Multnomah County Commission, leaving office in 1988.[2] During her political tenure in public life, Miller was a strong advocate of the need for government and individuals to cooperate in providing educational and community services.[3][4][5] She also headed the Portland Federation of Teachers and won Oregon’s Labor Hall of Fame.[6]
She holds a B.A. and M.A.T. degree from Reed College and an M.A. in Literature from Northern Arizona University where she graduated with honors. Miller has written three novels: Trompe l'Oeil (2011), Gothic Spring and Heart Land (2009).[7] Her short stories have been published in Children's Digest and Grit and Tales of the Talisman,[8] and her short story, Under the Bridge and Beneath the Moon, were dramatized for radio in Oregon and Washington.[9][10]