Growing up in China, Millie saw how the Christian faith gave dignity and freedom to Chinese girls and women. Not only were their feet unbound, but their lives as well.
That observation has led her to become an advocate for women's rights, and inspired her to write historical novels about China. She has also written first-person stories about the women disciples of Jesus present at the Last Supper – women who have been long overlooked.
Dragon River: A Yangtze Novel is Millie's current writing project, represented by Diana Flegal of Hartline Literary Agency. www.hartlineliterary.com
Millie poses with a Christian Palestinian guide
in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity.