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 ...ver maisM.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. After growing up in the greater Pittsburgh area, she enjoys working in references to “nebby” and “cattywumpus” whenever possible, but struggles with non-standard verb complements. She has a degree in communications and an animosity toward the Oxford comma.ver menos