Kathryn Stockett

Raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and educated in English and Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City where she spent sixteen years in magazine publishing and marketing before turning to fiction. Inspired by the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, she spent five years crafting her debut novel, The Help, a story of African-American maids in 1960s Jackson; after nu… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources