Chanel Miller is a writer and artist who received her BA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her critically acclaimed memoir, KNOW MY NAME, was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, as well as a best book of 2019 in Time, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and People, among others. She is a 2019 Time Next 100 honoree and a 2016 Glamour Woman of the Year honoree under her pseudonym, "Emily Doe."
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"She has written a memoir that converts the ongoing experience
of sexual assault into literature...Beautiful." The Atlantic "To
tell her story at all is enough...the fact that Miller tells it
beautifully, caring enough for her reader to spin golden sentences
from her pain, is a gift on top of a gift." Vogue "Know
My Name is an act of reclamation. On every page, Miller
unflattens herself, returning from Victim or Emily Doe to Chanel, a
beloved daughter and sister...Know My Name marks the debut of a
gifted young writer. Miller's words are purpose. They are maps. And
she is a treasure who has prevailed." Jennifer Weiner, The
New York Times "In this powerful, gutsy memoir, Miller--the sexual
assault survivor in the Stanford case--reclaims her name and her
story."--The New York Times Book Review "Know My Name
is a blistering, beautifully written account of a courageous young
woman's struggle to hold a sexual predator accountable. Stand back,
folks: This book is going to give a huge blast of momentum to the
#MeToo movement." Jon Krakauer "She writes exquisitely of
her pain, makes us feel every fragment of it, but also expounds on
the kindness that nourished her spirit...Miller matters. Readers
will see every victim matters." USA Today
"In a perfect world, Know My Name would be required reading
for every police officer, detective, prosecutor, provost and judge
who deals with victims of sexual assault." LA Times
"Miller is a gifted storyteller...Know her name, know her voice."
The New Yorker "Miller provides one of the most moving and
humanizing depictions of sexual assault I have ever read...Know
My Name features the kind of intimate, coming-of-age
storytelling that you don't find in a typical story about a crime
and its aftermath. She lets us see her in quiet moments and
jubilant ones, in moments of doubt and moments of strength...In
giving us the gift of knowing her, Miller has written a singular
testament to the human cost of sexual violence, and a powerful
reminder of why we fight." The Cut "In a world that asks too many
survivors to keep their experiences to themselves and shrink their
suffering to preserve someone else's potential, Know My Name
stands unapologetically large, asking others to reckon with its
author's dazzling, undiminishable presence. To read it, in spite of
everything, inspires hope."--The Guardian
"I'd never read anything that so vividly paints the bewildering
maze that a sexually assaulted woman faces...Know My Name raises
crucial questions about the way we treat sexual assault and,
indeed, sex itself." Katha Pollitt, The Nation
"In its rare honesty and in its small details, Know My Name
is both an open wound and a salve, a quiet cry and the loudest
scream...Know My Name is more than an indictment, though it
is a successful and moving one. It is also an outstretched hand,
inviting you to fight alongside her." Elle
"Miller's memoir is beautifully written, underscored by simmering
indignation." Jezebel
"Compelling and essential...Miller reminds us that our
stories are worth telling, that the names and the lives attached to
those names matter." SF Chronicle "Triumphant...Know My
Name evokes a woman whose spirit hasn't been broken--a study in
what it means to strike back, not in revenge, but in
reclamation."--O Magazine "A stunning book...beautifully
written."--Teen Vogue "Unputdownable...A much-needed memoir giving
voice to those who must be heard. Miller's writing stands
apart."--Library Journal (starred review) "Miller's
new memoir echoes her powerful victim-impact statement... It's a
beautiful revealing self-portrait. It's funny and it's
heartbreaking, and it's an inspiration. There's just no other way
to say it: the writing is exquisite." The Daily Beast
"Miller's memoir, Know My Name, gives readers the privilege of
knowing her not just as Emiy Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer,
the artist, the survivor, the fighter." The Wrap "Miller
distinguishes herself not only for her resilience and fortitude,
but also for her power of expression. She possesses extraordinary
gifts as a writer." The National Book Review "Miller makes a
powerful case for overhauling a system that retraumatizes victims
of sexual violence even in successful cases, perpetuating the
feedback loop that discourages victims from coming forward to seek
justice." Mother Jones
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