Born on this day – Paulette Jiles:

Paulette Jiles

Writer

Actress

April 4, 1943 – July 9, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Blackwater (1988); Celestial Navigation / poems (1984); Chenneville (2023); Cousins (1992); Enemy Women (2002); Flying Lesson / poems 1995); Lighthouse Island (2013); News of the World (2016); North Spirit (1995); Simon the Fiddler (2020); Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma Kola (1986); Song to the Rising Sun (1989); Stormy Weather (2007); The Color of Lightning (2009); The Golden Hawks (1978); The Jesse James poems / poems (1988); The Late Great Human Road Show (1986); Waterloo Express / poems (1973).

Movies and television:

News of the World (2020); Rose's House (1977).