and observation. After the death of her husband in 1904, Miller moved to Los Angeles, California. She died there on 25 December 1918. Selected works Sick and in Prison (1873) Nimpo's Troubles (1880) The Bird of Solitude (1884) A Bit of Bird-life (1885) A Ruffian in Feathers (1885) Queer Pets and their Doings (1885) Flutterbudget (1887) The Woman's Club: a Practical Guide and Hand-book (1891) Kristy's Surprise Party (1905) Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic (1906) What Happened to Barbara (1907) The Children's Book of Birds (1915) As Olive Thorne As Olive Thorne Miller Illustrated by J. C. Beard. Illustrated by J. Carter Beard. With eight colored and twelve plain plates and twenty figures in the text. With eight colored plates from designs by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and sixteen other full-page illustrations. With illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. References Attribution Bibliography External links 1831 births 1918 deaths American children's writers American ornithologists Women ornithologists American naturalists People from Auburn, New York Writers from Los Angeles Scientists from New York (state)