John J. Miller

John J. Miller is director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He writes for National Review, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. His two weekly podcasts are The Great Books and The Bookmonger.

Miller is the founder and executive director of the Student Free Press Association, a non-profit group best known for its news website, The College Fix. The Chronicle of Higher Education has called Miller “one of the best literary journalists in the country.”

His books include:

• The First Assassin, a historical thriller set during the Civil War

• The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football

• The Polygamist King: A True Story of Murder, Lust, and Exotic Faith in America

• Reading Around: Journalism on Authors, Artists, and Ideas

• A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America

He lives on a dirt road in rural Michigan.