Author

Books by Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was raised in part by a Black housekeeper — an experience that directly informed The Help. She attended the University of Alabama and worked in magazine publishing in New York for over a decade before writing her debut novel. The Help, rejected by over sixty literary agents before publication, sold over 13 million copies worldwide and was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2011. It remains one of the best-selling debut novels in publishing history.