Terry McMillan
Author of Waiting to Exhale
About the Author
Terry McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan on October 18, 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, studied film at Columbia University, and enrolled in the Harlem Writer's Guild. Her books include Disappearing Acts, Mama, A Day show more Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Getting to Happy, and Who Asked You? Her books Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back were adapted as major motion pictures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Terry McMillan
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Editor; Contributor — 276 copies, 1 review
Somebody's Comin 1 copy
Associated Works
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013) — Contributor — 184 copies, 10 reviews
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributor — 163 copies
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 116 copies
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contributor — 102 copies
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Contributor — 81 copies
Did My Mama Like to Dance? and Other Stories about Mothers and Daughters (1994) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Contributor — 23 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- McMillan, Terry Lynn
- Birthdate
- 1951-10-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Port Huron, Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley (BS|1979)
Columbia University (MFA)
Harlem Writer's Guild - Occupations
- novelist
editor
professor - Relationships
- McMillan, Rosalyn (sister)
- Organizations
- University of Arizona
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Statistics
- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 19
- Members
- 7,576
- Popularity
- #3,223
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 221
- ISBNs
- 280
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 10