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Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd was born in sylvester, Georgie, which is the one place that influenced her to write the book ''the secret life of bees''. She is married to Sanford Kidd and has 2 children named Bob and Ann..
At the age of 30, Sue Monk Kidd enrolled in writing classes so that she could write fiction, but soon she began to be interested in non- fiction and started her career as a freelancer. In her 40's she began to write fiction again and wrote short stories that were published and won many awards.
Her book ''the secret life of bees'' has sold over 6 million copies and for 2 and a half years it was on the New York times best seller list. It has been published in 35 countries and in 2004 it was awarded the book sense paperback book of the year. In England it was nominated the Orange prize, and chosen as Good morning americas read this! In 2008 it was made into a movie by Fox searchlight which won the People's choice award and the NAACP image award for the best motion picture.
