 Miller attended Yale University and Antioch University, and studied creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.In 1997, he published a pseudo-autobiographical novel called "The Mao Game" about a fifteen-year-old child star attempting to cope with heroin addiction, memories of past sexual abuse, and the impending death of his grandmother, who has been diagnosed with cancer.In 1999, "The Mao Game" was adapted into a film, written and directed by Miller, and co-produced by Whoopi Goldberg.