Ms. Miles is a former D.I.A.L. Systems Engineer for Baker/Audio Telecom, one of the premier forerunners of voice mail. In addition to systems application, she provided voice tracks for several major companies, including Delta Airlines and Frito-Lay Corporation.

A former Miss Racine, Wisconsin, Ms. Miles, made television, print and fashion appearances, and participated in various stage productions, including “Joan of Lorraine”, “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” and “The Miracle Worker”.

Ms. Miles resides in Atlanta, Georgia and Cape Canaveral, Florida along with her husband Robert, where she is a featured speaker at book clubs, local schools, and writer’s workshops. Her debut novel Roseflower Creek was Cumberland House Publishing’s lead book when it debuted in hardcover. It’s now available in trade paperback. Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons calls it “A powerful, extraordinary novel.” The late William Diehl wrote, “The lyric prose will thrill you, the story is unforgettable, and the characters will stay with you forever.” Visit the website at www.jlmiles.com.

Cold Rock River, the journey of two young women born a century apart debuted October 2006 in hardcover. N.Y. TIMES best-selling author Dorothea Benton Frank writes: “Cold Rock River by J. L. Miles is a powerful story of family, love and loss that will keep you up into the wee hours. Absolutely wonderful! Beautifully told and straight from the heart of an exquisitely talented writer.”

When not writing, Miles tours with The Dixie Darlin's, four nationally published book-writing belles serving up helpings of down-home humor and warmth.

And debuting in April 2008, The Dwayne Series, a southern anthology featuring Francine Harper (under felony assault charges for shooting at her husband Dwayne and his stripper lover Carla from the Peel 'n Squeal), who discovers her strengths and reclaims her dignity via a trial and many errors.