About the Author

Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews

"Jiles's prose is a striking match for the barren landscape of this moody adventure tale." -- Publishers Weekly on LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND"A remarkably engaging story. . . . Jiles's description is memorable and evocative." -- Denver Post on THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING"[A] meticulously researched and beautifully crafted story . . . this is glorious work." -- Washington Post on THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING"A gripping, deeply relevant book." -- New York Times Book Review on THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING"A rousing, character-driven tale." -- Kirkus Reviews on THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING"Jiles' spare and melancholy prose is the perfect language for this tale in which survival necessitates brutality." -- Seattle Times on THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING"Lighthouse Island is a beacon of hope for Nadia, the clever, resourceful young heroine of Paulette Jiles' spellbinding new novel. . . . Jiles' writing is crisp and vivid as always, and although her setting is vastly different, her themes--independence, individuality, love of the land--remain intact." -- San Antonio Express-News on LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND"Nadia's wandering journey maintains that hopeful anticipation of deep sleep. . . Jiles (Color of Lightening; Stormy Weather) has created a fascinating dystopic vision of a future world." -- Library Journal on LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND"The dystopian novel is beautifully written, and Jiles' scenes of [protagonist] Nadia navigating the crumbling cityscape and her surreal interactions with the many desperate characters are vivid, shocking and often darkly funny." -- Columbus Dispatch on LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND"[I]nventive futurism and rollicking wit." -- New York Times Book Review on LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND