Caroline Pafford Miller (b. August 26, 1903, Waycross, Georgia; d. July 12, 1992) was an American writer. August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Waycross is a city located in Ware County, Georgia. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
In 1934, Miller was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, Lamb in His Bosom, about her home state of Georgia. In addition to the Pulitzer, the novel earned France's Prix Femina in 1934 and became an immediate best-seller. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). ...
Miller, the youngest of seven children, was born August 26, 1903, in Waycross to Elias Pafford, a schoolteacher and Methodist minister, and his wife, Levy Zan Hall Pafford.
Miller's father died while she was in junior high school; her mother died in her junior year of high school.
Miller centers the story of the Carver and Smith families around the experiences of Cean and her sister-in-law Margot Kimbrough, an independent-minded girl from the coast.
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