Wendy Coakley-Thompson

Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born Wendy Cecille Thompson on December 27 1966 in Brooklyn, New York), is a mainstream fiction author. Coakley-Thompson's work is part of emerging millennial contemporary African American literature. Coakley-Thompson's fiction addresses themes and issues concerning interracial relationships, race, racial identity, and people of mixed race.

Coakley-Thompson has a BA in Speech and Theater (Broadcasting) from Montclair State College in Upper Montclair, New Jersey; an MA in Communication Arts from William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey; and a PhD in Education (Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Coakley-Thompson's dissertation, written in 1999 in partial fulfilment of the PhD degree is entitled: "The Use of Popular Media in Multicultural Education: Stressing Implications for the Black/Non-Black biracial student".

Though she lived in Montclair, New Jersey for over a decade, Coakley-Thompson was raised in Nassau, Bahamas. She was born to Bahamian parents, Frederick Oliver Wendell Thompson (1929 - 1982) and Marina Coakley.

In December 2006, Rainy Friday Films, a Chicago-based independent production company, optioned the film rights to What You Won't Do For Love, Coakley-Thompson's second novel. As of February 2007, Coakley-Thompson began co-hosting "The Book Squad" on WMET1160 with author Karyn Langhorne.

Bibliography

*"Back to Life (novel)" (2004)
*"What You Won't Do For Love" (2005)

ee also

*Bahamian American
*"The Book Squad"
*List of romantic novelists
*List of novelists from the United States

External links

* [http://www.wendycoakley-thompson.com Wendy Coakley-Thompson Official Web Site]
* [http://wendycoakley-thompson.blogspot.com The Fiendish Plots of Dr. Wendy Coakley-Thompson]
* [http://www.thebooksquad.com The Book Squad]
* [http://thebooksquad.blogspot.com The Official Book Squad Blog]