Attica Locke

Attica Locke (born 1974 in Houston, Texas) is an American fiction author and writer/producer for television and film.

Career

A graduate of Northwestern University, Locke was a fellow at the Sundance Institute's Feature Filmmakers Lab in 1999, studying screenwriting and directing. She has written scripts for Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, 20th Century Fox, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, HBO, and DreamWorks. She was a writer and producer on the Fox drama Empire. Most recently, she was a writer and producer on Netflix’s When They See Us and the Hulu adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere.

Personal life

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

She is member of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards

2013 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence – The Cutting Season, (award sponsored by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation; established in 2007 to honor Ernest Gaines' legacy)

2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, 2016 – Pleasantville – the award is sponsored by the University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal.

2018 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel of the Year – Bluebird, Bluebird

2018 Anthony Award for Best Novel – Bluebird, Bluebird

2018 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award – Bluebird, Bluebird

Nominations

For Bluebird Bluebird:

• 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist

For Pleasantville:

• Longlisted for the 2016 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction

For The Cutting Season:

• Finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award
• Honor Book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
• Long-listed for the Chautauqua Prize

For Black Water Rising:

• Short-listed for the 2010 Orange Prize
• Nominated for a 2010 Edgar Award
• Nominated for a 2010 NAACP Image Award
• 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist
• Nominated for a 2009 Strand Magazine Critics Award
• Finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award
• Indie Next Pick 2009 & 2010