Kathryn Stockett
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Rise to fame - Stockett is an American novelist best known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s.

Yearly life and education - Stockett grew up in Jackson, Mississippi.
After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing, she moved to New York City.
There she lived for 16 years and worked in magazine publishing and marketing.

Publishing career - Stockett worked in magazine publishing while living in New York City before publishing her first novel, which she began writing after the September 11th attacks.

Writing career - The Help took her 5 years to complete, and the book was rejected by 60 literary agents before agent Susan Ramer agreed to represent Stockett.
The Help has since been published in 42 languages.
As of August 2012, it has sold ten million copies and spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.
The Help climbed best seller charts a few months after it was released.

The Help movie - Her childhood friend, director Tate Taylor, adapted the novel for the film The Help (2011), which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Motion Picture of the Year.
Octavia Spencer won an award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

Controversy - Reflective of her first novel, Stockett was very close to an African American domestic worker.
A lawsuit was filed in a Mississippi court by Ablene Cooper, a maid who used to work for Stockett's brother.
It claimed that Stockett used her likeness in the book.
A Hinds County, Mississippi judge threw the case out of court, citing the statute of limitations.
Stockett denies her claim of stealing her likeness and says she only met her briefly.

Personal life - She is divorced and has a daughter, Lila Rogers (b. 2001), with her ex-husband Keith Rogers.

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