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Kidd, who was born in Sylvester, Georgia, graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 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, ) and When the Heart Waits (Harper SanFrancisco, ), were spiritual memoirs describing her experiences in contemplative Christianity. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Harper SanFrancisco, ) introduced themes from feminist theology.
Her first novel, The Secret Life of Bees (Viking, ), was written over three and a half years. It has been produced on stage in New York by The American Place Theater and been adapted in
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Sue Monk Kidd
American novelist and memoirist (born )
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Kidd in | |
| Born | () August 12, (age&#;76) Sylvester, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, memoirist |
| Alma&#;mater | Texas Christian University |
| Period | –present |
| Genre | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir |
| Notable works | The Invention of Wings, The Secret Life of Bees, The Mermaid Chair, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story |
Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, ) is an American writer from Sylvester, Georgia. She is best known for her historical novels, which frequently deal with themes of race, feminism, and religion and include The Secret Life of Bees[1][2] and The Book of Longings.
Early life and education
[edit]Kidd was born and raised in Sylvester, Georgia. In , she graduated from Texas Christian University with a bachelor of science grad in nursing. She worked as a nursing instructor at the
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Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd had written the first chapter of her bestselling book The Secret Life of Bees in the early s. The chapter focused on a girl with a bedroom full of bees, inspired by her childhood home. Originally, Kidd was told by a teacher at a conference that the piece did not have the potential to be a novel and should be adapted as a short story. But when Monk attended the National Arts Club in New York City a few years later, a literary agent encouraged her to adapt the story into a novel. The Secret Life of Bees, published in , is set in South Carolina during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, just after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of A young girl, Lily, runs away from home with her Black housekeeper, Rosaleen, and finds refuge with three Black beekeeping sisters. The Secret Life of Bees spent more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list. Like many of Monk’s other works, Bees tackles themes of gender, race, religion, and mental