Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Walter M. Miller, Jr. (January 23, 1923 - January 11, 1996) is a the catholic science fiction author who wrote A Canticle for Leibowitz in 1959. Miller served in the Army Air Force in World War II. In his later years, Miller became pathologically reclusive, avoiding contact with most people including family members. Miller shot himself while working on a sequel to A Canticle for Leibowitz. The novel, Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, 2000, was finished by a ghost writer (Terry Bisson).

Bibliography (incomplete)

• A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
• Conditionally Human
• The View from the Stars