Jan Miles
USA | Visual Artist + Poet
Jan Miles worked as a children’s book editor for more than seven years, during which time she authored over thirty children’s books. As a staff writer, a ghost-writer, and a writer for hire, she has provided content for a variety of publishers, both in verse and in prose. Her work for children includes every conceivable format, from board and activity books to picture and chapter books. Jan’s first novel, Black, White & Blue, finished in the top 50 (out of 5,000!) in the young adult category of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. She has just completed her first book-length nonfiction volume, The Post-Racial Negro Green Book, and is now crafting a work of adult literary fiction entitled If These Walls. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, she has lived in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston, but she currently makes her home in New Orleans.
Books by Jan Miles
A Revival of the “Green Book” for Black Travelers Review: by Brentin Mock
“New Orleans-based writer Jan Miles has revived the enterprise with the publication of her book The Post-Racial Negro Green Book, released in November, 2017, which continues the service of identifying the problem of a lack of safety and security for black travelers. There’s a twist on Miles’ book though: Instead of listing hotels, restaurants, and gas stations that African Americans can patronize, as the original Green Books did, Miles’ book lists various acts of police violence and racial profiling in a given place that have made the news in recent years. It also delves into both concrete and abstract examples of racism reported, such as mass incarceration, sentencing disparities, microaggressions, and even white privilege.”
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