[1] Her parents Thomas and Esther Tate were early white settlers of Nevada.
The family then moved to Big Pine, California, and Myles attended high school in nearby Oakland.
[2] Her son, Jack Myles, became a Reno city councilman, and her daughter Marjorie became a teacher.
[6][7] Myles' husband died in 1932, and she began working as a coorespondent for United Press International.
[2] She reportedly knew 13 of the 26 politicians who had served as governor of Nevada at the time the book was published.