Terry McMillan Biography

Terry McMillan biography

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NAME: Terry McMillan
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: October 18, 1951 (Age: 60)
EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University
ZODIAC SIGN: Libra

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Terry McMillan is an American novelist whose works include Waiting to Exhale (later made into a film), How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Getting to Happy.

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Terry McMillan is a black novelist whose work often portrays feisty black women and their attempts to find fulfilling relationships with black men. After studying at UC-Berkeley and Columbia, she taught. In 1995, McMillan's novel Waiting to Exhale was made into a film, which helped her secure a $6 million publishing contract for her fourth novel, How Stella Got Her Groove Back.