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Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller

is an award-winning writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for her short fiction and memoir. Her work is female-centered and explores themes of bodily autonomy and agency, domestic spaces, violence, grief, and survival. She is currently completing a short story collection,

Yell Rape, not fire

. Sometimes, one image tells a story better than many words:

Victoria earned her M.F.A. degree in creative writing (fiction) from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2026, where she also served as a Teaching Fellow. Her work has appeared in Pithead Chapel Literary Journal WOW (Women on Writing Piker Press, Kveller, Reader’s Digest, The Bark, Animal Wellness Magazine, YourTeen.org , six essays in six volumes of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and Months to Years She is the founder of LocalEditors.com, which supports high-school students in crafting college application essays and assists college graduates in refining personal statements and statements of purpose for graduate school.

Educator

Teaching Fellow for first-year composition, “Writing as Inquiry” in 2024-2025 at Saint Mary’s College of California

Full-time, designated substitute teacher for a Bay Area middle school (she’s still recovering from this job.)

Publications

Victoria’s writing has appeared in both print and online outlets, including:

Months to Years

Pithead Chapel Literary Journal

Women on Writing (WOW)

Kveller

YourTeenMag.com

Piker Press

Reader’s Digest

Six stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul

The Bark

Dog and Kennel

Animal Wellness Magazine

Cricket Magazine

and additional national publications

Books

If a Mantis Finds a Fly in the Sky

Children’s picture book inspired by her pet praying mantis, Jade

Personal & Community Life

Victoria is the guardian of a lively menagerie that includes three dogs, two tortoises, a lot of praying mantises, and one unhappy cat. When not reading, writing, or teaching, she enjoys riding her Vespa through California’s backroads, exploring estate sales, searching for independent bookstores, and befriending dogs everywhere.

When not on two wheels, you may find her wine tasting in one of the many California wine regions.

She lives with her husband and partner-in-crime, Martin, and they are parents to four pretty cool kids: Ari, Justin, Logan, and Kaitlin.

You can reach her at: Victoria@VictoriaLorrekovich-Miller.com

Instagram: victorialorrekovichmiller