Jennifer Miller (b. 1961) grew up in Connecticut. Her father was a professor of physics at Trinity College in Hartford, and her mother was a professor of education at Central Connecticut State College. She is the founder and director of Circus Amok, an "alternative" circus that incorporates traditional circus acts--jugglers, clowns, performing animals--with theatrical elements, including giant puppets and actors on stilts. She performs as a juggler, clown, and monologuist, and occasionally appears in sideshows.

Leibovitz, A. & Sontag, S. (2000). Women. New York, New York: Random House, p. 248.