Biography

Attica Locke's latest Pleasantville is the 2016 winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. It was shortlisted for the Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction, and made numerous "Best of 2015" lists. Her first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her second book, The Cutting Season, is a national bestseller and the winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. A former fellow at the Sundance Institute's Feature Filmmaker's Lab, Locke worked as a screenwriter before becoming a novelist. She is currently a writer and producer on the Fox drama, Empire. She also serves on the board of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter. She is the sister of actress Tembi Locke.
- IMDb mini biography by: Attica Locke

Attica Locke's first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the prestigious Orange Prize in the UK. Her second book, The Cutting Season is a national bestseller and the winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Her latest novel, Pleasantville, was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award, the biggest crime fiction award in the UK, was long-listed for the Bailey's Prize, and made many "Best of 2015" lists. A former fellow at the Sundance Institute's Feature Filmmaker's Lab, she worked as a screenwriter before becoming a novelist, penning scripts for most of the major studies, including Paramount, Warner Bros. and Disney. She is a writer and producer on the Fox drama, Empire. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.
- IMDb mini biography by: Attica Locke

Sister of Tembi Locke.