Terry McMillan

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human novelist screenwriter writer

Terry McMillan is an American novelist best known for her witty, emotionally resonant portrayals of contemporary Black women’s lives and relationships in bestselling books such as "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
familyName	McMillan ⓘ
genre	African-American literature ⓘ contemporary fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ
givenName	Terrence ⓘ surface form: Terry
influenced	popularization of African-American women’s commercial fiction in the 1990s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	contemporary African-American literature ⓘ
name	Terry McMillan self-link ⓘ
notableFor	depictions of relationships and friendship among Black women ⓘ portrayals of contemporary Black women’s lives ⓘ
notableWork	A Day Late and a Dollar Short ⓘ Disappearing Acts ⓘ Getting to Happy (novel continuation) ⓘ surface form: Getting to Happy How Stella Got Her Groove Back ⓘ I Almost Forgot About You ⓘ It’s Not All Downhill From Here ⓘ Mama ⓘ The Interruption of Everything ⓘ Waiting to Exhale ⓘ Who Asked You? ⓘ
occupation	novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ
primaryTheme	Black women’s friendships ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ middle-class African-American life ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
workAdaptedAs	Disappearing Acts (2000 film) ⓘ How Stella Got Her Groove Back ⓘ surface form: How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998 film) Waiting to Exhale ⓘ surface form: Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
writingStyle	emotionally resonant ⓘ witty ⓘ
wrote	A Day Late and a Dollar Short ⓘ Disappearing Acts ⓘ Getting to Happy (novel continuation) ⓘ surface form: Getting to Happy How Stella Got Her Groove Back ⓘ I Almost Forgot About You ⓘ It’s Not All Downhill From Here ⓘ Mama ⓘ The Interruption of Everything ⓘ Waiting to Exhale ⓘ Who Asked You? ⓘ

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Getting to Happy (novel continuation) → author → Terry McMillan ⓘ

subject surface form: Getting to Happy

Waiting to Exhale → authorOfSourceMaterial → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Savannah Jackson → basedOnWorkBy → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Bernadine Harris → creator → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Robin Stokes → creator → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Savannah Jackson → creator → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Terry McMillan → name → Terry McMillan self-link ⓘ

Waiting to Exhale → producer → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Waiting to Exhale → screenwriter → Terry McMillan ⓘ

Getting to Happy (novel continuation) → workOf → Terry McMillan ⓘ

subject surface form: Getting to Happy