Sue Monk Kidd

On September 24, Sue was presented with the Homecoming Award by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. The award honors writers originally from the South and Southwest who have distinguished the region through their writing. Past winners include Pat Conroy, Maya Angelou and Jim Lehrer. The award was bestowed during…

On October 3, 2010, Traveling with Pomegranates reached the #3 spot on the New York Times best seller list for paperback non-Fiction

Referring to Traveling with Pomegranates as “powerful, uplifting – a mother-daughter Eat Pray Love,” Barnes & Noble has chosen the paperback as its September Pick for “Barnes & Noble Recommends.” Click here to view.

Sue, and her daughter, Ann’s best selling memoir, Traveling with Pomegranates, debuts in paperback September 7, 2010, with a new cover. The co-authors will talk about their book and sign copies during a Fall book tour.

Sue hosted one of ten anniversary parties held around the country to celebrate Penguin’s 75th anniversary. She arrived at Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, SC in the ‘Penguin Mobile’ — an orange and black Mini Cooper, the dashboard of which has been autographed by Penguin authors. The car will soon be auctioned off for charity.…

Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story was selected for Barnes & Noble’s non-fiction list of the “Best Books of 2009.” (The picks are ranked on the list by current sales status.)  Click here for the full list.

Barnes & Noble has listed The Secret Life of Bees as its 6th bestselling novel of the last decade.