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About the Author

Terry I. Miles, 87, has lived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1970, but has been writing since she could hold a pencil. She has garnered numerous monetary awards and recognition with her poetry, short stories, cozy mysteries, cookbooks, and several children’s books.

Terry is a veteran, and served four years in the U.S. Navy. Later on she graduated from Jefferson Davis Junior College with her Associate’s Degree, and proceeded to The University of Southern Mississippi to earn her Bachelor’s Degree in English and History.

She has been an intricate member of The Naval Construction Battalion Center over these ensuing years, working at Supply, Officer and enlisted Bachelor Quarters receptionist, and at PSD (Personnel Support Detachment) for four years and retiring from such in 1998.

At present she is employed part-time at Cracker Barrel Old Time Restaurant and Retail Gift Shop, located in the Crossroads Shopping Center, of her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi.