Paulette Jiles is the New York Times bestselling author of Enemy Women and The Color of Lightening.  Her latest novel, News of the World went on sale October 4, and is a finalist for the National Book Award.  She lives on a small ranch outside San Antonio, Texas. 

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Novelist Paulette Jiles knows all about the solitary rigors of the writing life, but when she took up the tin whistle, she rekindled the joy of making music with others.