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Paulette Kay Jiles (aka Paulette K. Jiles, Paulette Jiles-Johnson) (born April 4, 1943) is an American poet, memoirist, and novelist.
News of the World is a 2016 American Western novel by Paulette Jiles . Plot. The book opens in 1870 on the wild border between Texas and Indian Territory, where a 10-year-old girl has been released after four years of captivity.
- Paulette Jiles
- 2016
While I was researching the Civil War era, I came across a photo of a young woman. She just seemed so alive and so strong, as if her life and personality were entirely in her face. How did you find out about women being sent to prison during the Civil War?
Paulette Jiles is a poet and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the bestselling novels News of the World and Enemy Women. She lives near San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Jill Gann. Paulette’s publisher is Harper Collins.
Sep 12, 2023 · In Chenneville, Paulette Jiles plunges into the horror of that division and the residues of militarized American men, through First Lieutenant “John” Chenneville, whose brain injury (from a piece of anchor chain in an explosion) removed him from the final actions of the war.
- Paulette Jiles
Jun 20, 2017 · In her latest novel, News of the World, Paulette Jiles masterfully evokes the American West, conjures the memorable character Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd , and tackles the complexity of love forged under duress. The response from critics and readers alike has been overwhelmingly positive.
Novelist and poet Paulette Jiles became nationally recognized in 2002 with the publication of her historical novel Enemy Women. Although many reviewers cited Enemy Women as her first novel, Jiles is in fact an accomplished writer with many other books to her credit, including another novel.
