Attica Locke
Attica Locke | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Houston,Texas,U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University School of Communication |
| Genre | Fiction, television, film |
| Relatives | Tembi Locke(sister) |
| Website | |
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Attica Locke(born 1974 inHouston, Texas) is an American fiction author and writer/producer for television and film.
Career
[edit]Locke graduated fromNorthwestern University School of Communicationin 1995,[1]and was a fellow at theSundance Institute's Feature Filmmakers Lab in 1999, where she studied screenwriting and directing.[2][3]She has written scripts forParamount,Warner Bros.,Disney,20th Century Fox,Jerry Bruckheimer Films,HBO,andDreamWorks.She was a writer and producer on theFoxdramaEmpire.[4]Most recently, she was a writer and producer on Netflix'sWhen They See Usand the Hulu adaptation ofLittle Fires Everywhere.[5][6][7]
In 2021, it was announced that Locke would serve as executive producer and showrunner for the Netflix Limited SeriesFrom Scratch,an adaptation of her sisterTembi Locke's 2019 memoir entitledFrom Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home.[8][9]It premiered on Netflix in October 2022.
In 2023, she was elected as aRoyal Society of LiteratureInternational Writer.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Locke was born inHouston, Texas,to parents who were active in thecivil rights movementat the turn of the 1970s. They named her after the 1971Attica Prison rebellionin upstate New York.[11]
She now lives inLos Angeles, California,with her husband and daughter.[4]ActressTembi Lockeis her older sister.[12][13]
She is a member of theWriters Guild of America, West.She is an honorary member ofAlpha Kappa Alphasorority[14]
Bibliography
[edit]- Black Water Rising(2009),HarperCollins
- The Cutting Season(2012),Dennis Lehane/HarperCollins
- Pleasantville(2015),HarperCollins
- Bluebird, Bluebird(2017),Mulholland Books
- Heaven, My Home(2019),Mulholland Books.This book was mentioned in theNew York Timesarticle "The Best Crime Novels of the Year".[15]
Awards
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Nominations[edit]ForBluebird, Bluebird:
ForPleasantville:
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ForThe Cutting Season:
ForBlack Water Rising:
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References
[edit]- ^Samuels Gibbs, Adrienne (Spring 2020)."The Write Path".Northwestern Magazine.Northwestern University.RetrievedApril 11,2022.
- ^Lopez, Steve (July 19, 1999)."Sundance Summer".Time.
- ^Weems, Wendy (July 7, 2017)."Attica Locke on Murder and Race in East Texas".Publishers Weekly.
- ^ab"About",Attica Locke website.
- ^Sikka, Madhulika (September 16, 2019)."Attica Locke left Hollywood to write novels. Now she's found success in both worlds".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.RetrievedSeptember 14,2020.
- ^Jefferson, Nathan (October 31, 2019)."Justice and Forgiveness: On Attica Locke's 'Heaven, My Home' - LARB".Los Angeles Review of Books.RetrievedSeptember 14,2020.
- ^Alford, Henry (November 22, 2018)."When Novelists Turned to TV: Everyone Was Suddenly Using 'Reveal' as a Noun".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedSeptember 14,2020.
- ^Brown, Evan Nicole (2 November 2022)."The Sisterhood Behind Netflix's 'From Scratch':" There's Something Here That Has the Potentiality to Heal a Lot of Hearts "".The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^Petski, Denise (February 22, 2021)."Nzingha Stewart To Direct Netflix Limited Series 'From Scratch'".Deadline.RetrievedAugust 3,2021.
- ^"RSL International Writers | 2023 International Writers".Royal Society of Literature. 3 September 2023.Retrieved3 December2023.
- ^Laity, Paul (September 15, 2017)."Attica Locke: 'When Trump was elected, overnight my book changed. I didn't alter a word'".The Guardian.
- ^Jackson, Leigh-Ann (October 21, 2019)."Attica and Tembi Locke on Texas Memories, Dealing With Writer's Block, and the Joy of Luby's".Texas Monthly.RetrievedSeptember 14,2020.
- ^Complex, Valerie (25 October 2022)."Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Sisters Tembi & Attica Locke Discuss Adapting 'From Scratch' From Book To Screen And Working With Reese Witherspoon".Deadline.
- ^watchtheyard (2024-07-07)."Tembi Locke Inducted as Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha".Watch The Yard.Retrieved2024-07-08.
- ^Stasio, Marilyn (December 5, 2019)."The Best Crime Novels of the Year".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedDecember 9,2019.
- ^"2020 Shortlist".Staunch Book Prize.RetrievedNovember 26,2020.
- ^Indiebound.org
Further reading
[edit]- Dansby, Andrew (August 13, 2020)."Houston author Attica Locke on capturing the tumult of contemporary America".Houston Chronicle.RetrievedMarch 18,2021.
External links
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- 1974 births
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 20th-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American women writers
- 21st-century African-American writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers
- African-American novelists
- African-American screenwriters
- American television writers
- American women novelists
- American women screenwriters
- American women television writers
- Anthony Award winners
- Edgar Award winners
- Living people
- Northwestern University alumni
- Novelists from Texas
- Screenwriters from Texas
- Writers from Houston
- African-American women screenwriters