Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist born in Jackson, Mississippi. She studied English and creative writing at the University of Alabama and spent sixteen years in New York City working in magazine publishing and marketing. Her debut novel, The Help (2009), about African-American domestic workers in early-1960s Jackson, took five years to write, reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Her second novel, The Calamity Club, followed in 2026.