PEORIA MAGAZINE April 2022

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PEORIA NATIVE EXPLORES TRUE

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MIKE BAILEY INTERVIEWS AUTHOR KATHRYN MILES

O ur ongoing quest to connect local readers to the work of authors with central Illinois ties takes us this month to Portland, Maine, current home of Kathryn Miles, a 1992 Metamora High School graduate who grew up in the Lake Santa Fe subdivision near Germantown Hills. Miles has been a long-form journalist, author and university professor since leaving her hometown for St. Louis University three decades ago. Her fifth book, Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the ShenandoahMurders , published by Algonquin Books, is to be released on May 3. Peoria Magazine (PM): Hi Kate. Tell us what T railed your latest book, is all about.

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