Attica Locke is a writer who has worked in both film and
television for over ten years. She is a co-producer and writer on the Fox drama
Empire. Her first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for a
2010 Edgar Award, a 2010 NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book
Prize and was longlisted for an Orange Prize in the UK. Her second book, The Cutting Season was a national bestseller and winner of the 2013
Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.
The Library has acquired her most recent novel, Pleasantville.
A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles,
California, with her husband and daughter.
Click here to visit her website.
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