Kathryn Stockett (edit name/settings)

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

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and their daughter. Reflective of her first novel, Stockett was raised by an African American domestic worker in lieu of an absentee mother. She currently resides in Atlanta.
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Stockett and her own book "the help"