Let's make this birthday one to remember.

88 years old (Born on December 27, 1936)

Happy Birthday, Alex Miller! May your day be filled with more plot twists than "Journey to the Stone Country" and fewer existential crises than "Conditions of Faith." Your novels have taken us on unforgettable journeys—through ancestral mysteries, romantic melodies in "Lovesong," and profound explorations of identity. You've made readers laugh, cry, and occasionally question their life choices (in a good way!).

Here's wishing you another year as compelling as your storytelling. May your next chapter be filled with inspiration, literary triumphs—and perhaps fewer edits! Keep writing those masterpieces; after all, birthdays are just bookmarks in life's great novel.