30 Facts About Suzie Miller

Suzie Miller has written over 40 plays, first coming to notice in 2008 for Reasonable Doubt, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Suzie Miller was very close to her mother, Elaine who died in May 2019.

Suzie Miller's family was a large, working-class Catholic family, and she grew up in St Kilda, a suburb which housed many immigrants.

Suzie Miller attended the local Catholic school, where many of the children were Italian, Greek, Mauritian, and Indian.

Suzie Miller played chess with her father, who was keen on mathematics and science, and wrote plays as a child.

The first in her family to go to university, Miller studied immunology and microbiology at Monash University in Melbourne, but rejected the opportunity to undertake a Phd in science.

In 1995, while working as a lawyer, Suzie Miller studied at UNSW for a master's degree in theatre and film.

Suzie Miller's thesis was entitled "The mathematics of longing: Exploring the interface between science and theatre by translating mathematical theorems into a play script", for which she created the play The Mathematics of Longing.

Suzie Miller first worked for top corporate law firm Freehills, at the same time joining the Actors Centre.

Suzie Miller drew on these experiences when writing Cross Sections.

Suzie Miller has said that in general the UK and Europe are far more supportive of writers than Australia.

Suzie Miller decided to become a full-time playwright at this point.

Suzie Miller's children were both in primary school at the time, and her husband was then a QC and not keen to make the move, but they rented out their Sydney house and moved to London in 2010.

Suzie Miller continued to fly back and forth for work.

Suzie Miller became more widely known with Prima Facie, a legal term meaning "at first sight", or "based on first impression".

Suzie Miller's plays are all centred around some kind of social justice issue.

Suzie Miller reworked Prima Facie into a novel, which was published in 2023.

Suzie Miller has indicated that it is the second of a trilogy of plays.

Suzie Miller has been working on the film of Prima Facie being shot in London; and two television series, including an adaptation of Heather Rose's novel Bruny.

Suzie Miller is a member of PEN International, a human rights organisation representing writers in countries where they are punished for speaking out.

Suzie Miller is a member of the theatre committee of the Australian Writers' Guild and on the boards of various theatre companies.

In October 2023, Suzie Miller appeared at the Calile Hotel in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, as part of a series of curated events and collaborations called the Calile Culture program.

In early 2024, Suzie Miller attended the WOW Festival in Greece, appeared at two events at the Sydney Writers' Festival in May 2024, and presented at the Brisbane Writers Festival.

Suzie Miller received the 2005 Theatrelab Award, to develop the play SOLD with Cicely Berry of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Suzie Miller was shortlisted for the Griffin Award in 2009 and Transparency was nominated for the 2010 Australian Writers' Guild Award in the Theatre: Stage category.

Suzie Miller had two residencies at the National Theatre in London, in 2011 and 2009, and at Griffin Theatre in Sydney in 2012.

Suzie Miller was attached to Ex Machina in Quebec, Canada, with Robert Lepage in 2012.

In 2024, the Suzie Miller Award was established by the Griffin Theatre Company, for mid-career playwrights.

Suzie Miller was a lawyer, later becoming a justice of the NSW Supreme Court.

Suzie Miller is friends with writer Hilary Bell and Governor General of Australia Sam Mostyn, and godmother to 14 children.