Sue monk kidd awards shows

Sue Monk Kidd’s bestselling debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, has enchanted critics and readers alike, bringing her literary renown and establishing her as one of the most popular writers working today. Taught widely in colleges and high schools, The Secret Life of Bees is a modern classic and Southern storytelling at its finest. The novel spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, has sold over eight million copies worldwide, and has been translated into 36 languages. It was adapted into an award-winning movie starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, and Alicia Keys as well as a smash off-Broadway musical with book by Lynn Nottage and music by Duncan Sheik, which wrapped up a successful run in London and the Aleida Theatre in May 2023. Barnes & Noble listed The Secret Life of Bees as the sixth bestselling book of the decade.

Kidd’s follow-up, The Mermaid Chair, is an “emotionally rich novel, full of sultry, magical descriptions of life in the South” and an exploration of midlife marriage and a woman’s search for self-belonging. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller and spent nine months on the list. Winner of the 2005 Quill Award for General Fiction, The Mermaid Chair has sold over 1.8 million copies, has been translate

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