Attica Locke
Biography
Attica Locke
Attica Locke’s latest novel, HEAVEN, MY HOME, is the sequel to the Edgar Award-winning BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD. Her third novel, PLEASANTVILLE, was the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was also longlisted for the Bailey’s Prize for Women’s Fiction. THE CUTTING SEASON was the winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Her first novel, BLACK WATER RISING, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
A former fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Feature Filmmaker’s Lab, Locke works as a screenwriter as well. Most recently, she was a writer and producer on Netflix’s "When They See Us" and the Hulu adaptation of "Little Fires Everywhere." A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.
Attica Locke
