Sue Monk Kidd

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name = Sue Monk Kidd
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1948|8|12|mf=y
birthplace = Sylvester, Georgia
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occupation = Novelist, memoirist, feminist
nationality = United States
period = 1988 - today
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influenced = Feminism


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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.

External links

* [http://www.suemonkkidd.com Official web site]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Novelist
DATE OF BIRTH=August 19, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Fayetteville, Georgia
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