Kathryn Miles (Born Peoria, Illinois in 1974) is an American journalist, writer, and environmental theorist. She is the author of three books including Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy, All Standing and Adventures with Ari.
Kathryn Miles | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 Peoria, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Saint Louis University |
| Genre | non-fiction |
Background
editMiles grew up in the Midwest of the United States and worked as a cub reporter for Journal Star in Peoria, Illinois. She attended college at Saint Louis University. Miles originally enrolled as a pre-law student but soon switched to Philosophy and English. She received a PhD in literary theory but said that "criticism didn't quite fit right either,"[1] and so she returned to journalism, her first love.
Academic career
editMiles served as professor of Environmental Writing at Unity College from 2001-2013. In 2014 Miles was on the faculty of the MFA program at Chatham University and works as writer-in-residence for Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont.[2]
Writer
editKathryn Miles sold her first book, Adventures with Ari, to Skyhorse Publishing. It was named a "notable book" by Bark Magazine. Her second book, All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship was published by Simon & Schuster in 2013. The book chronicles the story of the Jeanie Johnston, which Miles called "the world's luckiest ship" in an interview on NPR.[3] In 2014 she wrote Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy, which was "the first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm on record.".[4][5] Miles' essays and articles have appeared in publications including Best American Essays, History, Outside", "Popular Mechanics and Terrain.[6] Her investigation into the sinking of the Bounty which first appeared in Outside, was named one of the best long reads of 2013 by the Daily Beast.[7] and a "notable narrative" by Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Foundation.[8] Her most recent book is Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake, a study of the history, and future potential, of earthquakes in America.[9]
Bibliography
edit- Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake, Dutton, 2017. ISBN 9780525955184, OCLC 986788446
- Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy, Dutton, 2014. ISBN 9780525954408, OCLC 937061745
- All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship, Simon & Schuster, 2013. ISBN 9781451610154, OCLC 830352071
- Adventures with Ari, Skyhorse, 2009. ISBN 9781602396388, OCLC 277202865
- Dog is Our Co-Pilot (2009).
References
edit- ^ DeBaise, Janine (9 January 2013). "Interview with Kathryn Miles". Terrain. Terrain. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Green Mountain College". Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ NPR Staff (March 17, 2013). "Famine Ship Jeanie Johnston Sailed Through Grim Odds". NPR.
- ^ "Superstorm Kirkus Review". Kirkus. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Superstorm". Dutton. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Ashbrook, Tom (14 August 2014). "What Happens to Forecasting When America's Weather Satellites Die?". On Point. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Staff (2013-12-28). "The Daily Beast Best Long Reads of 2013". Daily Beast. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Notable Narrative: 'Sunk' by Kathryn Miles". Nieman Story Board. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Miles, Kathryn (2017). Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake. ISBN 978-0525955184.