With 36 years in the U.S. Senate and a long list of accomplishments that included the Pell Grants and creation of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, the late Claiborne Pell had few equals. But he was much more than that -- a quirky and colorful man born into wealth who spent most of his life in public service, a true example of noblesse oblige. AN UNCOMMON MAN: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell, my eighth book, published in October 2011 from University Press of New England, is the first and only book about his life. The book launched with a gala event attended by 200 people on Oct. 16, 2011, at the Pell Center at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I.

AN UNCOMMON MAN is available in hard copy and on Kindle. Also available, the Kindle edition of another of my biographies, KING OF HEARTS. King of Hearts is also on Barnes and Noble's Nook.

PUBLIC SERVICE

In collaboration with photographer John Freidah, I researched and wrote THE WAR ON TERROR: Coming Home, an eight-part Providence Journal series, with six videos, on veterans of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. My 16th major newspaper series, it began on October 2, 2011, and ran through November 7, 2011. Watch the videos and read the main stories and sidebars here.

DOCUMENTARY

Along with writing books and my journalism as a staff writer at The Providence Journal, I write and produce documentary movies through the production company I co-founded, Eagle Peak Media. My latest is BEHIND THE HEDGEROW: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society, about today's old-money Newport, a world whose roots lie in the Gilded Age of Vanderbilts and Astors. The film premiered on August 10, 2010, as the opening-night feature of the 2010 Rhode Island International Film Festival, and August 14 in Newport. It then began a long run at Newport's Jane Pickens Theater and ran again in the sumemr of 2011. It was broadcast on Rhode Island PBS, WSBE-Channel 36, beginning on April 6, 2011, and the director's-cut DVD, with bonus footage, is now avaialble.

MILLER PICTURES

With Los Angeles producer and screenwriter Drew Smith, I have several screen projects in development, including a TV pilot and the screen adaption of KING OF HEARTS.

MORE DOCUMENTARY

Now available, the Deluxe DVD of ON THE LAKE: Life and Love in a Distant Place, the feature-length documentary I wrote and produced about the tuberculosis epidemic of 1900s America and globally today. Order at the movie site.

STORY

In my earlier days as a horror and mystery writer, I contributed stories to the fabled NECON convention. Recently published: a collection of the best of NECON, including a story by Stephen King and one by me, Freddy and Rita, a post-Apocalyptic piece. For more, visit the BIG BOOK OF NECON page. Publisher's Weekly calls it "a killer lineup."

A STORY-TELLING COMPANY

In 2008, I founded Eagle Peak Media with director David Bettencourt. We make critically acclaimed documentary movies. Receive updates on ON THE LAKE, BEHIND THE HEDGEROW and other EPM and G. Wayne Miller productions from TWITTER or on Facebook. Subscribe to our mailing list with your email address here: