He designed a set of ten commemorativepostage stamps for theU.S. Postal Service.[9] One of the stamps in the Space Exploration series (1991), is credited with helping inspire the New Horizons mission to that planet.[10][11][12] ThePluto stamp was attached to the spacecraft before launch.[13] The stamp is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as having traveled further than any other postage stamp in history.[citation needed] He has been a production illustrator for motion pictures, notablyDune[14][15] and an unproduced version ofTotal Recall; and he designed and co-wrote the computer-generated show ride film,Comet Impact! for SimEx. He has provided concept and special effects art for numerous other directors.[16] Most recently he was a co-producer of the documentary film, "A Brush With the Future."[17]
Miller has taken part in internationalspace art workshops and exhibitions, including seminal sessions held inIceland and theSoviet Union.[18] He was invited by the Soviet government to the 30th anniversary celebration of the launch ofSputnik, and has lectured on space art andspace history in the United States, France, Japan, Italy and Great Britain. He was featured onHour 25 Science Fiction Radio program in early 2003.[19]
An authority on the work of astronomical artistChesley Bonestell, his bookThe Art of Chesley Bonestell received aHugo Award in 2002.[20] A feature-length documentary based on this book, "A Brush With the Future," for which he was co-producer, won the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Best Documentary atSan Diego Comic-Con. Other books have received awards, including a Silver Award for best fiction fromForeWord magazine forPalaces & Prisons[21] and the Violet Crown Award from theWriters' League of Texas forBradamant.[22] HisWorlds Beyond series received theAmerican Institute of Physics Award of Excellence.[23]The Grand Tour has gone through three editions, multiple printings, several translations, was a Hugo Award nominee[24] and has sold over 250,000 copies. It was also twice a Book-of-the-Month feature selection. This and other books have been selections of the Science, Quality Paperback and Science Fiction Book Clubs. His book,Digital Art, was listed on the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Nonfiction Honor List in 2009.[23] In all, he has 75 works in 142 publications in 6 languages in 16,977 libraries world-wide.[25]
In addition to his novels he has had several short stories anthologized. A series of short stories based on the title character of his novel,Velda, have been published monthly inBlack Cat Magazine with twenty stories published to date.
A recent project has been Black Cat Press, which Miller has devoted to publishing new editions of rare and obscure science fiction, fantasy and science fact books.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unicorn, 1988) Illustrator and translator
In the Stream of Stars (Workman, 1990) with William K. Hartmann; foreword byRay Bradbury
The Bronwyn Trilogy: Palaces & Prisons, Silk & Steel, Hearts & Armor (Ace, 1991–1992) Novels; rewritten and published asA Company of Heroes (Baen Books, 2014) along with the additional fourth and fifth volumes,The Scientist andThe Space Cadet
The History of Earth (Workman, 1992) with William K. Hartmann
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, 2000:Rockets
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, 2005:Venus
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) / Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2005:The Elements
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Nonfiction Honor List, 2009:Digital Art
2001 Writer's League of Texas Violet Crown Award for best audiofiction:Bradamant
2012 SSLI (Society of School Librarians International) Book Award, Honor Book in the Science 7-12 category:Is the End of the World Near?
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12:The Elements
Junior Library Guild Selection; nominee for Library of Virginia Literary Award for Non-Fiction:Recentering the Universe
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2015, Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education:Curiosity's Mission on Mars
Finalist, Locus Award for Best Art Book, 2014:The Art of Space
Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History, 2018
Audience Award, Newport Beach Film Festival, for "A Brush With the Future" (co-producer) 2018
Best Documentary, San Diego Comic-Con, for "A Brush With the Future" (co-producer) 2018
Best Documentary, Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, for "A Brush With the Future (co-producer) 2019
Longlist for the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, "Zoomable Universe"
2021 Joseph V. Canzani Alumni Award for Excellence (Columbus College of Art and Design)
Bank Street College of Education’s 2024 The Best Children's Books of the Year in the 14 to 17 category forThe Big Backyard, which was also noted as a title with Outstanding Merit.
Notable Award School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2023,The Big Backyard
