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COMING April 17, 2026 

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This is the breathtaking and daring story of one woman’s relatively innocent entry into a benevolent Maya community building experience in Guatemala where she discovers a deep and dangerous complexity of American involvement in arms dealing, proxy wars, and genocide Her journey leads her to want to piece back together “what happened” for herself and for other survivors, to unearth what is buried underneath American “aid” projects.

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Sibyline press logo transparent Lesley Miles

 I am Lesley L Miles

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 At 21 I lived for two years in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle in a village of 15 families at the innception of what became a genocide. At 29 I became a mother... At 40 I became a registered architect and at 50 I developed an abandoned iconic Granary building with my architect/partner husband into a thriving mixed-use development and the 25th LEED Gold building in the world. At 59 I became a grandmother and at 60 I started writing.

These are my stories....

In The Press

A London Love Story

A romantic family story masked the hidden scars of war. Lesley Miles uncovers the truth behind her grandfather’s WWI service — a tale of trauma, silence, and survival.

Read the full story on KQED →

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