Sue Monk Kidd

BIO

Sue Monk Kidd, author of the highly acclaimed memoirs THE DANCE OF THE DISSIDENT DAUGHTER and WHEN THE HEART WAITS, has won a Poets & Writers award, a Katherine Anne Porter Award, and a Bread Loaf scholarship. Two of her short stories --- including an excerpt from THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES --- were selected as notable stories in Best American Short Stories. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was nominated for the prestigious Orange Prize for fiction in England.

The film rights for THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES have been optioned by Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of You've Got Mail and other major films.

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