Sue Monk Kidd

The Queen’s Reading Room has chosen The Secret Life of Bees as part of its latest season of book recommendations. Her Majesty Queen Camilla, an avid reader and supporter of the literary arts, began the Queens Reading Room in 2021 and selects books that “have been chosen for their educative, literary or historic merit and…

  From Deborah J. Kuhlmann and TCU Press comes a new book of critical essays on the literary works of New York Times bestselling author, Sue Monk Kidd. TCU Press writes: “For avid readers as well as academics, Sue Monk Kidd: A Collection of Critical Essays offers seven analytic studies of several of Kidd’s novels,…

The musical production of Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees opened April 8, 2023 at the Almeida Theatre in London to excellent reviews. The musical is a new reprise of its successful run Off Broadway in New York in 2019.  The creative team includes Tony award winning composer Duncan Sheik, Tony nominated…

On September 8, 2022 Sue Monk Kidd, a native of Sylvester, Georgia, was inducted into The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held at The University of Georgia Speci al Collections Library where Sue spoke about her work over the last 44 years. She joins other honorees like Alice Walker, Margaret Mitchell,…

On Friday January 28th, Good Morning America celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Secret Life of Bees by naming it their Buzz Pick book of the week. Twenty years ago Good Morning America also named it to their ‘Read This’ book club. Originally released in 2002, ‘Bees’ has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide,…

Sue Monk Kidd’s fourth novel, The Book of Longings, was published in paperback on March 23, 2021. Released in 2020 to widespread critical and reader acclaim, it immediately landed at the top of the bestseller lists, reaching #5 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction list, #1 on the IndieBound bestseller list, and #2 on…

  Hundreds of readers across the U.S. and in other countries joined Sue’s virtual book club, engaging in a month of enlightening and inspiring discussions of The Book of Longings. Sue and her publisher, Viking, compiled a treasure trove of book club resources that are available to any book group that chooses to read The…

Sue ‘s new novel, The Book of Longings, debuted April 21, 2020 to widespread critical acclaim and immediately landed at the top of the bestseller lists, reaching #5 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction list, #1 on the IndieBound bestseller list, and #2 on the Associated Press bestseller List. The novel was a Book-of-the-Month Selection,…

The Secret Life of Bees Off-Broadway musical was celebrated with seven Outer Critics Circle Awards Honorees on Monday, including Most Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The category of Most Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical included 3 individual nominations for Eisa Davis, LaChanze and Saycon Sengbloh. Remaining nominations include: Lynn Nottage for Outstanding Book of a…

The Secret Life of Bees was nominated for Outstanding Musical as part of The 65th Annual Drama Desk Award nominations that were announced on April 21, 2020. ‘Bees’ picked up a total of seven nominations.  The list includes: Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Book of…