Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd, born in 1948, is an American writer from Sylvester, Georgia, best known for historical novels that take up race, feminism, and religion. One of her best-known books, The Secret Life of Bees, follows a fourteen-year-old girl in South Carolina in 1964 as she runs from home and finds shelter with three beekeeping sisters. Kidd's other titles include The Book of Longings, The Invention of Wings, and The Mermaid Chair.