Attica Locke
Attica Locke 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,
2016 , 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, BluebirdNominations
For Bluebird Bluebird:
For Pleasantville:
For The Cutting Season:
For Black Water Rising:
