Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. In 1979 she co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith Miller is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden, and appears regularly on radio and TV. She co-hosts the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV's The Antiques Trail, and Discovery's It's Your Bid, and has appeared on Martha Stewart Living , CNN and The Antiques Roadshow . She has lectured at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington.