Sue Monk Kidd was born and raised in Georgia. Today she is considered to be a novelist, writer, and memoirist. Kidd graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Most of her twenties was spent working as a Registered Nurse and also as a Nursing Instructor. Her first start into writing was when she wrote a personal essay which was later published in the Guideposts and Reader’s Digest. She has writing multiple books including, The Secret Life of the Bees, God’s Joyful Surprise, When the Heart Waits, and the Dissident Daughter.Kidd writes about feminist theology, and after enrolling in a graduate course at Emory University she began to write more fiction. Sue Monk Kidd is most famous for Secret Life of the Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and Traveling with Pomegranates.
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
The Mermaid Chair
Traveling with Pomegranates
What year was she born in? And were her parents a part of her life growing up?
ReplyDeleteWhat was her life growing up?
ReplyDeleteHi Katie, Michelle and Michael, Sue Monk Kidd was born August 12, 1948 which makes her 61 years old as of today.
ReplyDeleteHer dad was actually a big influence in her writings, since he was always telling her imaginative stories. During her adolescence, english teachers called her a born writer and she always kept journals about her experiences (Traveling with Pomegranates is based on journals and inspired by Greek myths), so her custom of keeping journals hasn't change.
She had always wanted to be a writer, but she didn't pursue her career in writing until her thirties, due to, as she described it, "lack of courage."
It seems that Sue Monk Kidd has studied many things in her life. She has studied nursing, writing, and feminist theology. Has she received a degree in any of these subjects or any other?
ReplyDeleteThe only degree I am sure about is a B.S. in nursing although she has also taught nursing.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link just in case you wanted to look:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/cs/authors/p/kidd.htm
http://www.suemonkkidd.com/Author.aspx