terry mcmillan

     

Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951, in Port Huron, Michigan) is an African-American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. She receive her BA in journalism in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley. Her work is characterized by strong female protagonists.

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  • As a student at Berkeley in '76, she had her first short story published, maybe while "Waiting to Exhale"
  • 1992:"Waiting to Exhale"
  • This "Waiting To Exhale" author's first published novel was 1987's "Mama"
  • A mother of five is the heroine of "Mama" by this author who helped Stella get her groove back
  • In her first book since "Waiting To Exhale", she tells "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
  • Stella could groove on "Breaking Ice", an anthology of fiction by black writers edited by this author
  • Her bestseller "Waiting to Exhale" focused on 4 black women living in Phoenix & hoping to find Mr. Right
  • She co-wrote the screen adaptation of her 1996 novel "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
  • Before "Stella Got Her Groove Back", this Port Huron-born author overcame battles wtih drugs & alcohol

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