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Paulette Jiles
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Paulette Jiles

How to pronounce Paulette Jiles: Pronounced like the name "Giles."

An interview with Paulette Jiles

As part of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, novelist, poet, and memoirist Paulette Jiles explores her life as a writer, including her newest book, Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance. Jiles talks with Ben Cater, director of the Point Loma Nazarene University Honors Program.

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    Chenneville

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