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Donald "Don" Miller (born August 12, 1971) is an American author, public speaker, and business owner. He is the CEO of StoryBrand, a marketing company. He is also an author of personal essays and reflections about faith, God, and self-discovery. His first New York Times bestselling book was Blue Like Jazz and his latest book is called Hero on a Mission. Biography At 21, Miller left his home in Pearland, Texas, and went to Portland, Oregon, where he owned a small Portland-based textbook publishing company called Coffee House Books. Miller became a New York Times Bestselling Author when he published Blue Like Jazz in 2003. In 2004, Miller released Searching For God Knows What, which discusses how the traditional understanding of the gospel of Jesus aligns with a theory of personality. In 2005, he released Through Painted Deserts, a republished version of his first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, originally published in 2000. In 2006, he wrote another book, To Own A Dragon, on his reflections on growing up without a father. Miller is also the founder of The Mentoring Project, a non-profit that partners with local churches to mentor fatherless young men. Miller's next book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, was released in late 2009. In 2009, Miller served on a Presidential Advisory Council on Fatherhood and Healthy Families.On November 30, 2013, Donald Miller married Elizabeth "Betsy" Miltenberger. They now live in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2015, he published a book called Scary Close, discussing his views and personal history of self-discovery and intimacy in relationships. In 2015 Miller helped The Federation for Children create the Failing Our Kids campaign that lobbied state governments for school voucher programs. In early 2016 Miller consulted with Fox River Partnerships, an economic think tank in Illinois, to develop a messaging campaign for a new economic and tax plan called a Circulation Economy. In 2017, he released his latest book, Building a StoryBrand, on marketing and messaging. He presents a marketing framework inspired by principles of storytelling called the StoryBrand 7 Part Framework. Published works Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance: Finding God on the Open Road, 2000 (Harvest House Publishers) Note: republished as Through Painted Deserts Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, 2003 (Nelson Books) Searching For God Knows What, 2004 (Nelson Books) Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road, 2005 (Nelson Books) To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without a Father, 2006 (NavPress) Note: expanded and republished as "Father Fiction" A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Fall 2009 (Nelson Books) Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation, 2010 (Hodder & Stoughton) Storyline: Finding Your Subplot in God's Story, 2012 (Donald Miller Words, LLC) Scary Close, 2015 (Nelson) Building a StoryBrand, 2017 (HarperCollins Leadership) Marketing Made Simple, 2020 (HarperCollins Leadership) Business Made Simple, 2021 (HarperCollins Leadership) Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life, 2022 (HarperCollins Leadership)References External links StoryBrand Website. Discover the Donald Miller popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Donald Miller books.

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  • Father Fiction synopsis, comments

    Father Fiction

    Donald Miller

    CHAPTERS FOR A FATHERLESS GENERATIONWith honest humor and raw selfrevelation, bestselling author Donald Miller tells the story of growing up without a father and openly talks about...

  • One Thousand Wells synopsis, comments

    One Thousand Wells

    Jena Lee Nardella

    Jena Nardella, cofounder of Blood:Water and one of Christianity Today’s 33 Under 33, shares a “captivatingly honest” (Publishers Weekly) account of how her passion for saving the w...

  • Blue Man Falling synopsis, comments

    Blue Man Falling

    Frank Barnard

    For fans of Band of Brothers and Masters of the Air, Blue Man Falling brings to life the exhilaration and fear of aerial warfare with astonishing power and narrative skill. Above a...

  • The Dynasty synopsis, comments

    The Dynasty

    Jeff Benedict

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a 10part docuseries on Apple TV+ From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the definitive inside story of the New England ...

  • Building a StoryBrand synopsis, comments

    Building a StoryBrand

    Donald Miller

    More than halfamillion business leaders have discovered the power of the StoryBrand Framework, created by New York Times bestselling author and marketing expert Donald Miller....

  • Write Your Story synopsis, comments

    Write Your Story

    Allison Fallon & Donald Miller

    Allison Fallon’s Write Your Story provides a simple framework that will help readers capture, in writing, the depth of life events and, in turn, to make sense of their lives.Once y...

  • To Play The Fox synopsis, comments

    To Play The Fox

    Frank Barnard

    A heartpounding thriller of nonstop action and suspense, with an unexpected twist that will leave you breathless. To Play The Fox is the perfect novel for fans of Masters of the Ai...

  • A Time for Heroes synopsis, comments

    A Time for Heroes

    Frank Barnard

    War makes heroes of men, but at what price?Sure to enthral fans of Masters of the Air and Fall of Giants, A Time for Heroes is a magnificent, sweeping, threegeneration historical e...

  • Border Wars synopsis, comments

    Border Wars

    Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Michael D. Shear

    Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, “factbased account of what precipitated some of this administration’s more brazen assaults on immigration” (The Was...

  • Lunch with the FT synopsis, comments

    Lunch with the FT

    Lionel Barber

    Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the worl...

  • Greed and Glory synopsis, comments

    Greed and Glory

    Sean Deveney

    On October 28, 1986, just one day after winning one of the most thrilling World Series in history, the New York Mets were feted by more than two million fans with a parade through ...

  • Lies, Half-Truths, and More Lies synopsis, comments

    Lies, Half-Truths, and More Lies

    Herb W. Reich

    History is replete with stories of great people and extraordinary events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we were told they did. Such news or embellishment there...

  • W. D. Miller Construction Co. v. Donald M. Drake Co. synopsis, comments

    W. D. Miller Construction Co. v. Donald M. Drake Co.

    Department No 1 Supreme Court of Oregon

    ROSSMAN, Justice. This is an appeal by the defendant, Donald M. Drake Company, a corporation, from a judgment in the sum of $13,638.92 which the circuit court entered in favor of t...

  • Donald Anthony Miller v. State Texas synopsis, comments

    Donald Anthony Miller v. State Texas

    Ninth District, Beaumont Court of Appeals of Texas

    The record reflects that Donald Anthony Miller, who we will refer to as appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted for murdering Michael Dennis Mozingo while committing or attem...

  • The Maverick synopsis, comments

    The Maverick

    Thomas Harding

    The captivating story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, from his struggles as an AustrianJewish refugee in London to his rise as a worldrenowned literary figure. After...

  • Donald Merman v. Harry Miller synopsis, comments

    Donald Merman v. Harry Miller

    Supreme Court of New York

    In an action to set aside a conveyance as fraudulent against the plaintiff creditors, plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Geiler, J.), dated May 8...

  • Robert J. Miller v. Donald Rosenthal and Mary Rosenthal synopsis, comments

    Robert J. Miller v. Donald Rosenthal and Mary Rosenthal

    Second District Court of Appeal of Florida

    In 1979, appellant and his wife purchased certain real property. In 1984, appellees were awarded a deficiency judgment against appellant, individually, in the amount of $10,083.90 ...

  • Supreme City synopsis, comments

    Supreme City

    Donald L. Miller

    “Supreme City captures a vanished Gotham in all its bustle, gristle, and glory” (Vanity Fair). In the 1920s midtown Manhattan became the center of New York City, and the cultural a...

  • Donald Lee Haase v. Linda Miller Richmond synopsis, comments

    Donald Lee Haase v. Linda Miller Richmond

    Missouri Court of Appeals Springfield District

    PER CURIAM: Plaintiff brought suit to specifically enforce the optiontopurchase portion of a 5year lease which he and defendantowner executed March 14, 1971. Inter alia, the contra...

  • Holiness synopsis, comments

    Holiness

    Henry Blackaby

    "If there is anything that characterizes God's people in America today, it is the loss of the fear of God," states Henry Blackaby. When you do not fear God, he contends, you will n...

  • Orwell synopsis, comments

    Orwell

    D. J. Taylor

    A fascinating exploration of George Orwelland his body of workby an awardwinning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twentyfirstcentury readers. We...

  • Through Painted Deserts synopsis, comments

    Through Painted Deserts

    Donald Miller

    Follow Don and Paul as they dive headlong into the deepest of human questions and find answers outside words?answers that have to be experienced to be believed.Day 1: "Trips  ...

  • The Anatomy of a Spy synopsis, comments

    The Anatomy of a Spy

    Michael Smith

    For fans of both real spy dramas and fictional onesboth Ben Macintyre and John le Carréthe story of why spies spy.   Why do people put their lives at risk to collect intellige...

  • Building a StoryBrand 2.0 synopsis, comments

    Building a StoryBrand 2.0

    Donald Miller

    Since the original publication of Building A Storybrand, over one million business leaders have discovered Donald Miller’s powerful Storybrand Framework and they are making mi...

  • A Gentle Answer synopsis, comments

    A Gentle Answer

    Scott Sauls

    A remarkable vision for how Christians can live with countercultural gentleness in a perpetually angry, attacking, outraged time.Wow! What a great book!" Max LucadoIn a defensive ...

  • Hero on a Mission synopsis, comments

    Hero on a Mission

    Donald Miller

    New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller shares the plan that led him to turn his life around. This actionable guide will teach you how to do the same through journaling pro...

  • Band of Eagles synopsis, comments

    Band of Eagles

    Frank Barnard

    WWII. As Malta falls under siege, two fighter pilots are tested to the limit. By turns brutal, funny, tragic and heroic Band of Eagles is a spellbinding read, perfect for fans of K...

  • Donald E. Miller v. Amalgamated Sugar synopsis, comments

    Donald E. Miller v. Amalgamated Sugar

    Supreme Court Of Idaho

    This is an appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission in which an award was made for a disability suffered by claimant from an occupational disease contracted during his e...

  • How to Grow Your Small Business synopsis, comments

    How to Grow Your Small Business

    Donald Miller

    The Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They’re stressed, discouraged, and not confiden...