Nicole M. Miller: Horses, History and Until Our Time Comes
Nicole M. Miller is a Southwest Washington historical fiction author, lifelong horsewoman, and award-winning journalist whose love of horses and history comes together in her novel Until Our Time Comes. Set in Poland during World War II, the novel follows a story of courage, survival, romance, and the extraordinary role Arabian horses played during the war. The book was named a Christy Award finalist. Miller’s second novel, All We Carry Home, releases in October 2026 and brings the story closer to the Pacific Northwest with a postwar setting in Eastern Oregon.
In this Northwest Book Talk conversation, Nicole and host Patty Grasher discuss:
- How a true story about a famous Polish Arabian horse inspired Until Our Time Comes
- The research and rewriting behind a novel more than two decades in the making
- Nicole’s journey from journalism and freelance writing to published historical fiction
- The importance of critique groups, writing conferences, and persistence through rejection
- Her upcoming novel All We Carry Home and its Eastern Oregon setting
- Balancing writing, a full-time career, family life, and book promotion
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