About the author

M.B. Miller

<p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none">M.B. Miller has won Press Association awards as a columnist and reporter. A recovering journalist of more than a decade, she has sharpened her people-watching skills in courtrooms and backrooms.</p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none">After growing up in the greater Pittsburgh area, she enjoys working in references to &ldquo;nebby&rdquo; and &ldquo;cattywumpus&rdquo; whenever possible, but struggles with non-standard verb complements. She has a degree in communications and an animosity toward the Oxford comma.</p>