Helen Muir

Helen Muir wrote Miami, U.S.A, first published in 1953, still in-print, and still an excellent introduction of Greater Miami's history. She has written for national magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, and for the Miami Herald and the Miami News. The Biltmore: Beacon for Maimi, a history of the Biltmore Hotel, was published in 1987. She has served on Friends boards for Miami-Dade Public Library System and the University of Miami Library. For the past ten years she has been a member of the State Library Advisory Council. In 1984 Helen Muir received the Trustee Citation of the American Library Association and was elected to the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.