Kim Miller grew up in country New South Wales before moving to the city to study engineering 'where he was not an attentive student.' Miller received his PhD from the University of Exeter, UK; his doctoral dissertation 'bridges theology, religious symbolism and Jungian psychology.' Jungian themes sometimes appear in his writing.
Miller is an ordained Anglican priest and has worked in parish settings and as chaplain to a New South Wales gaol. He is married with one son.