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Local Author Book Talk

Wayne M. Miller

Join local author Wayne M. Miller as he discusses his book, Burn Boston Burn: The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country.

Burn Boston Burn-The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country is an astounding true crime narration. A conspiracy of 9 men, including 3 Boston cops and a Boston firefighter, burned Boston and surrounding communities in the early 1980s due to tax-cutting measures that caused layoffs of hundreds of police and firefighters. Over 2 years, these fire buffs, turned arsonists, torched 264 buildings, causing millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of injuries. The city was ablaze with nightly fires, sirens wailing through the streets, and people too afraid to sleep. This book interweaves the activities of the arsonists with those of the investigators, the firefighters and the citizens of the area. Readers will shake their heads in disbelief at the brazen and wanton actions of these political terrorists.

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About Wayne:

Wayne Miller was a Special Agent, Criminal Investigator, and Certified Fire Investigator for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Boston for 25 years. He has been involved in numerous high profile illegal firearms, bombing and arson cases. As a member of the ATF National Response Team, Mr. Miller responded to several major fire and explosion incidents. During his public and 18-year private career, he examined more than 2,300 fire and explosion scenes in 43 states plus provided expert testimony in numerous Federal and State courts. He also has 3,000 hours of training in all aspects of fire science and fire investigation, plus he has studied over 100 training fires.

Mr. Miller has been a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators since 1984 and has held numerous positions within the MA Chapter of the IAAI. Besides teaching fire investigation as an adjunct professor at Cape Cod Community College for 2 semesters, he has been a speaker on fire-related topics over 80 times throughout the United States and in Canada.

His first book, Burn Boston Burn – The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country was a 2022 Global Book Gold Award winner. This story is in development for a motion picture.

His second book, Bang Boom Burn – Explosive True Crime Gun Bombing, and Arson Cases from a Federal Agent’s Career won a Global Book Silver Award. Wayne has done over 100 live speaking events presenting the wild stories from his career that form the basis for his two true crime books.

Wayne’s first novel, Flames of Secrecy – A Psychological Thriller, published in 2024, is a 2025 Global Book Gold Award winner.

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