Paulette Jiles

Paulette Jiles
Jiles at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
BornPaulette Kay Jiles
(1943-04-04) April 4, 1943
Salem, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • memoirist
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City
Notable worksNews of the World (2016)
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award (1984)
Pat Lowther Award (1985)
Gerald Lampert Award (1985)
SpouseJim Johnson (divorced)

Paulette Kay Jiles (aka Paulette K. Jiles, Paulette Jiles-Johnson) (born April 4, 1943) is an American poet, memoirist, and novelist.