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Attica Locke

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Houston, Texas, The United States

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Attica Locke is a writer whose 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 shortlisted for an Orange Prize in the UK.

Attica is also a screenwriter who has written movie and television scripts for Paramount, Warner Bros, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, HBO, Dreamworks and Silver Pictures. She was also a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Feature Filmmakers Lab and is a graduate of Northwestern University.

A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 64,055 ratings · 8,282 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, Attica Locke (Introduction) 3.98 avg rating — 61,449 ratings — published 1993 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 26,877 ratings — published 2017 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cutting Season 3.63 avg rating — 16,381 ratings — published 2012 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) 3.89 avg rating — 8,475 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1) 3.57 avg rating — 8,118 ratings — published 2009 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 3,289 ratings — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 891 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extraits gratuits - Lectures d'été Gallimard by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author), Sophie Chauveau, Jonathan Coe (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Guide Me Home (Highway 59 by Attica Locke) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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September Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto final poll

Next Year in Havana

by Chanel Cleeton

10 votes, 22.2%

The Cutting Season

by Attica Locke

7 votes, 15.6%

That Night

by Chevy Stevens

6 votes, 13.3%

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

6 votes, 13.3%

Moxie

by Jennifer Mathieu

3 votes, 6.7%

Meddling Kids

by Edgar Cantero

3 votes, 6.7%

The Last Suppers

by Mandy Mikulencak

3 votes, 6.7%

Final Girls

by Riley Sager

3 votes, 6.7%

Swimming Lessons

by Claire Fuller

3 votes, 6.7%

Doc

by Mary Doria Russell

1 vote, 2.2%

45 total votes

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Mystery/Thriller ...: Updated June 2009 Releases	7	64	May 17, 2009 08:28PM
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: Black Water Rising	31	75	Nov 27, 2009 10:38PM
Literary Fiction ...: Edgar Award Nomination For Attica Locke	4	29	Feb 26, 2010 11:23AM
Literary Fiction ...: Orange Prize Longlist includes Attica Locke & other Authors of Color	16	43	Apr 20, 2010 07:46PM
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: Daughters of the Stone	48	75	Sep 21, 2010 08:41AM
The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)	2883	1104	May 31, 2011 09:01PM
Reading with Style: WI 11-12 Completed Tasks	1114	410	Feb 29, 2012 08:44PM

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