In 2013 his Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies was published, and in 2014 a collection of poems for which he was awarded the Forward Prize, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion. That same year saw the publication of his poetry collection A Light Song of Light. His first novel, The Same Earth, was published in 2008, followed in 2010 by The Last Warner Woman. He is also the editor of Carcanet's 2007 New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. His second collection of poetry, There Is an Anger That Moves, was published in 2007 by Carcanet Press.

The collection was shortlisted in 2007 for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the category of Best First Book (Canada or Caribbean). It was shortly followed by a collection of short stories, The Fear of Stones, which partly explores issues of Jamaican homophobia. In 2006, Miller's first book of poetry was released, Kingdom of Empty Bellies (Heaventree Press). Miller later completed a PhD in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. In 2004, he left for England to study for an MA in Creative Writing (The Novel) at Manchester Metropolitan University under the tutelage of poet and scholar Michael Schmidt. Afterwards, Miller began publishing widely throughout the Caribbean. However, while studying there, he befriended Mervyn Morris, who encouraged his writing. He read English at the University of the West Indies, but dropped out short of graduation. Kei Miller was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He is also a professor of creative writing. Kei Miller FRSL (born 24 October 1978) is a Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger. The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (2014) Miller reads from his work nominated for the Jhalak Prize 2022

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