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Disappearing Acts (2012) was subsequently produced as a direct-to-cable feature, starring Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan. In 1995, Forest Whitaker turned it into a film starring Whitney Houston.Īnother of McMillan's novels, her 1998 novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was also made into a movie. She achieved national attention in 1992 with her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, which remained on the New York Times bestseller list for many months. Her first book, Mama, was published in 1987.

Her work is characterized by relatable female protagonists. She received her BA in journalism in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen.

Awards- Essence Award for Excellence in Literature.Education-B.A., University of California, Berkeley.McMillan’s signature voice and unforgettable characters bring universal issues to brilliant, vivid life. Who Asked You? casts an intimate look at the burdens and blessings of family and speaks to trusting your own judgment even when others don’t agree.

The drama unfolds through the perspectives of a rotating cast of characters, pitch-perfect, each playing a part, and full of surprises. Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison Quentin, the family success, can’t be bothered to lend a hand and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs.

BJ, a trademark McMillan heroine, already has her hands full dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams-all while holding down a job delivering room service at a hotel. Kaleidoscopic, fast-paced, and filled with McMillan’s inimitable humor, Who Asked You? opens as Trinetta leaves her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, and promptly disappears. Now, in her eighth novel, McMillan gives exuberant voice to characters who reveal how we live now-at least as lived in a racially diverse Los Angeles neighborhood. With her wise, wry, and poignant novels of families and friendships- Waiting to Exhale, Getting to Happy, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short among them-Terry McMillan has touched millions of readers. Family ties are tested and transformed in the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back.