DonnaMarie Miller

Author and Screenwriter

Austin, Texas

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April 2025

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About DonnaMarie

Donna Marie Miller is the author of two nonfiction books, Texas Secessionists Standoff; the 1997 Republic of Texas "War,” (2023) and The Broken Spoke; Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk, ( 2017,) both published by Texas A&M University Press. Her freelance articles have appeared in Alternate Root, Americana Rhythm, Austin Food, Austin Monthly, Cowgirl, Creative Screenwriting, Elmore, Fiddler, No Depression (Music,) Texas Highways, and former Third Coast magazines. Early in her professional writing career she worked nine years as a newspaper reporter covering general assignment, entertainment and crime beats at three Texas daily newspapers and taught secondary level journalism courses for 24 years before retiring from teaching in 2013. Currently she is collaborating with film producer Cynthia Uhrich to write a television series adaptation of her 2023 nonfiction true crime book.

Unique traits: I write nonfiction stories about real people and true events. I have been published as an author of two nonfiction books by Texas A&M University Press, and my work has appeared in several magazines from Texas to New York.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 8"

Weight:
150

Body type:
Slim

Hair:
Shoulder Length

Hair color:
Grey

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Mixed

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The Texas Secessionists (limited TV series pilot 1-hour) Budget: $5M - $10M | Crime A Texas woman's arrest spurs a grifter and his six gullible followers to use threats and violence in an attempt to secede from the United States. A chaotic face-off against hundreds of law enforcement officers erupts into political war games and death.
The Broken Spoke Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Comedy As developers threaten to pull his land lease, the founder of the Broken Spoke nostalgically narrates from his death bed his legacy within a country music community. The honky-tonk embodies the complexities of love, loss, and resilience housed in one of Austin’s most beloved institutions for 60 years.