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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.
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T his month William Morrow will publish News of the World, the sixth novel by Paulette Jiles, a 73-year-old poet, novelist, memoirist, and resident of the Hill Country town of Utopia. Set in...
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Oct 12, 2016 · A white girl, about 10, has been “rescued” from the Kiowa Indians who kidnapped her and killed her immediate family four years earlier. Would he please take her down to the San Antonio region and...
Jun 20, 2017 · June 20, 2017. The novelist/poet discusses westerns, accolades, and her admiration for world-building narratives. (In honor of today's release of the paperback version of News of the World, we present an interview we did with author Paulette Jiles last fall.)
Nov 11, 2008 · Paulette Jiles has received critical praise for her American historical fiction. Her best-selling novel Enemy Women (2002) is set in a St. Louis prison for the criminally insane, during the American Civil War.
PERSONAL: Born April 4, 1943, in Salem, MO; immigrated to Canada; married. Education: University of Missouri, B.A., 1969. ADDRESSES: Home— San Antonio, TX. Agent— Liz Darhansoff, Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agency, 179 Franklin St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013. CAREER: Writer, poet.
