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Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s.
The Help is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi , during the early 1960s.
See all books authored by Kathryn Stockett, including The Help, and Of Love and Life: Love Affairs for Grown-Ups / The Help / Water, Stone, Heart, and more on ThriftBooks.com.
Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel, was sued by her brother's former housekeeper who claimed that a character was based on her without her knowledge.
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing for nine years.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women, mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends, view one another.
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel about race relations in Mississippi is adapted to the screen, where her subtle prose is turned into hackneyed moralizing.
The Help. The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and...
Brief Biography of Kathryn Stockett. As a young girl living in Jackson, Mississippi, Kathryn Stockett loved spending time with her family’s maid Demetrie, an African-American woman who worked for her family since 1955. Demetrie would play games with Stockett, tell her stories, and shower her with affection.