Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951, in Port Huron, Michigan) is an American author. Her work is characterized by relatable female protagonists. McMillan's first book, Mama, was published in 1987.[citation needed] She achieved national attention in 1992 with her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for many months. In 1995, Forest Whitaker turned it into a film starring Whitney Houston. In 1998, another of McMillan's novels, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was made into a movie. McMillan's novel Disappearing Acts was subsequently produced as a direct-to-cable feature, starring Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan. She also wrote A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, and Getting to Happy, the sequel to Waiting to Exhale.