Paulette Kay Jiles (aka Paulette K. Jiles, Paulette Jiles-Johnson) (born April 4, 1943) is an American poet, memoirist, and novelist.
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Born | Paulette Kay Jiles April 4, 1943 Salem, Missouri, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
Notable works | News of the World (2016) |
Notable awards | Governor General's Award (1984) Pat Lowther Award (1985) Gerald Lampert Award (1985) |
Spouse | Jim Johnson (divorced) |
Paulette Kay Jiles was born in 1943 in Salem, Missouri. She attended college at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, graduating in 1968[1] with a major in Romance Languages.[2] Jiles moved to Toronto, Canada in 1969, where she worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[2] and, subsequently, helped set up native language, FM radio stations with indigenous peoples in the far north of Ontario and Quebec for the next 10 years.[3] In the process, she learned the Ojibwe language spoken by the Anishinaabeg peoples in Ontario and elsewhere.[2]
After marrying Jim Johnson, she moved with him to San Antonio in 1991.[4] After several years of travel, including living in Mexico, the couple resettled in San Antonio in 1995, buying a house in the historical district.[2] Since her divorce in 2003, Jiles has lived on a 36-acre ranch near Utopia, Texas, about 80 miles west of San Antonio.[4]
Her 2016 novel News of the World was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.[5]
Her blog is Paulette Jiles, Author. <accessdate=7 October 2017>