News of the World: A Novel (23 page)

Authors: Paulette Jiles

Tags: #Historical Fiction, #Literary Fiction, #United States, #Historical, #Literature & Fiction, #Literary, #Contemporary Fiction, #Genre Fiction

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

As always much gratitude to my agent, Liz Darhansoff, and editor, Jennifer Brehl, who gave their immediate and unstinting support to this story.

Thanks to June and Wayne Chism for the story of Wayne’s ancestor Caesar Adolphus Kydd, who was the original reader of the news in small towns in North Texas in the 1870s and was the inspiration for the Captain both in
The Color of Lightning
and in this book.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PAULETTE JILES
is a poet and memoirist. She is the author of
Cousins,
a memoir, and the bestselling author of the novels
Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning,
and
Lighthouse Island.
She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas.

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ALSO BY PAULETTE JILES

Lighthouse Island

The Color of Lightning

Stormy Weather

Enemy Women

Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma-Kola

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

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