Sue Monk Kidd Biography:
Sue Monk Kidd was raised in Georgia, before attending college at Texas Christian University and graduating with a B.S. in Nursing. She began writing freelance magazine articles in her late 20's, eventually becoming a Contributing Editor at Guideposts Magazine.
Sue Monk Kidd was raised in Georgia, before attending college at Texas Christian University and graduating with a B.S. in Nursing. She began writing freelance magazine articles in her late 20's, eventually becoming a Contributing Editor at Guideposts Magazine.
Sue Monk Kidd's first book was God's Joyful Surprise, a spiritual memoir published in 1988. Her second, When the Heart Waits was again spiritual in nature. In 1996, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter,recounting her discovery of nontraditional feminine spirituality, was published to critical acclaim.
In 2002, The Secret Life of Bees, her first novel, was pblished and has met with huge popularity, having pent over eighty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and published in more than 20 languages. In 2005, Sue Monk Kidd published The Mermaid Chair which "explores a woman’s pilgrimage to self-belonging, the inner life of mid life marriage, and the little known region in the female soul where the sacred and the erotic intersect."
Nationality:
American
American
Genre(s):
Spiritual Nonfiction; Autobiography, Novels
Spiritual Nonfiction; Autobiography, Novels
Notable Work:
The Secret Life of Bees, 2002
The Secret Life of Bees, 2002
