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Attica Locke


Born
Houston, Texas, The United States
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Fiction


Attica Locke is a writer whose first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for a 2010 Edgar Award, a 2010 NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was shortlisted for an Orange Prize in the UK.

Attica is also a screenwriter who has written movie and television scripts for Paramount, Warner Bros, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, HBO, Dreamworks and Silver Pictures. She was also a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Feature Filmmakers Lab and is a graduate of Northwestern University.

A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.

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“Darren knew the power of home, knew what it meant to stand on the land where your forefathers had forged your future out of dirt, knew the power of what could be loved up by hand, how a harvest could change a fate. He knew what it felt like to stand on the back porch of his family homestead in Camilla and feel the breath of his ancestors in the trees, feel the power of gratitude in every stray breeze.”
― Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird
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“Mothering, she learned the hard way, was about loss as well as love.”
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“The decor was attractive and strong, but blander than she would have thought his wealth and position afforded him. Caren couldn't see the point of having that much money if all of it led to beige.”
― Attica Locke, The Cutting Season
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Mystery/Thriller ...: Updated June 2009 Releases 7 65 May 18, 2009 05:28AM  
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: Black Water Rising 31 75 Nov 28, 2009 07:38AM  
Literary Fiction ...: Edgar Award Nomination For Attica Locke 4 29 Feb 26, 2010 08:23PM  
Literary Fiction ...: Orange Prize Longlist includes Attica Locke & other Authors of Color 16 43 Apr 21, 2010 04:46AM  
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: Daughters of the Stone 48 76 Sep 21, 2010 05:41PM  
Novel Ladies: Your latest shopping spree 2586 128 Jan 18, 2011 03:41PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2867 1109 Jun 01, 2011 06:01AM  
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