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 →
With pencil, you can always erase.
Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.
All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make... →
Every writer has their rituals. For me, it's morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna... →
Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and... →
I can't explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and passionately. But race matters to me; racial equality matters to me, as does... →
I first saw 'The Dinner Party' in 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. While perusing the Heritage Panels, which honor 999 women who... →
I knew from reading about Sarah Grimke that she'd been given a handmaid to be her personal slave and that her name was Hetty. The only other fact... →
I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed... →
I think books with spiritual themes simply point to the deeper mysteries of life - to what lies beyond us, to what's hidden inside of us, or... →
I want to believe that while we may sometimes read in the misguided pursuit of preserving our separation, there is a greater impulse inside us that... →
My stories have a deep spiritual core because I have a deep desire to understand things of the spirit, but yet I don't think I've written... →
'The Secret Life of Bees' was my first novel, so I had no process. I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand... →
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.