Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees. Read full biography of Sue Monk Kidd →
I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.
I have an old dog named Lily, and she's a black lab.
I like to have a title before I start writing.
I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.
I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself.
I was a Nancy Drew girl. Also Grimms' fairy tales.
I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.
I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.
I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.
I've noticed that most people tend to go through life preserving their differences from others.
Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.
'Traveling with Pomegranates' is a very personal, very honest story about my relationship with my daughter and Ann's with her mother.
When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.
Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.