Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Born	August 12, 1948 (1948-08-12) (age 59) Sylvester, Georgia
Occupation	Novelist, memoirist, feminist
Nationality	United States
Writing period	1988 - today
Influenced Feminism

Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.

Kidd, who was born in Sylvester, Georgia, graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 1970 and worked throughout her twenties as a Registered Nurse and college nursing instructor.

She got her start in writing when a personal essay she wrote for a writing class was published in Guideposts and reprinted in Reader's Digest. She went on to become a Contributing Editor at Guideposts.

Her first books, God’s Joyful Surprise (Harper SanFrancisco, 1988) and When the Heart Waits (Harper SanFrancisco, 1990), were spiritual memoirs describing her experiences in contemplative Christianity. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Harper SanFrancisco, 1996) introduced themes from feminist theology.

Her first novel, The Secret Life of Bees (Viking, 2002), was completed over three and a half years. Her second novel, The Mermaid Chair, was published in 2005, and made into a Lifetime movie with negative reviews. "Bees" is currently in the process of being filmed for a motion picture set for release in fall 2008.

She has acknowledged Henry David Thoreau, Kate Chopin, Thomas Merton, Martha Burke, and Carl Jung as influences.

She is currently Writer in Residence at Phoebe Pember House in Charleston, where she lives with her husband, Sanford (Sandy) Kidd, two children, Bob and Ann, and a black lab, Lily.

[edit] External links

• Official web site

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NAME	Kidd, Sue Monk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fayetteville, Georgia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH