Terry McMillan

About the Author

Terry McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan on October 18, 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, studied film at Columbia University, and enrolled in the Harlem Writer's Guild. Her books include Disappearing Acts, Mama, A Day show more Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Getting to Happy, and Who Asked You? Her books Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back were adapted as major motion pictures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Terry McMillan, Terry McMillan, Terry McMillan, Terry Mc Millan, Terry McMillian, MCMILLIAN TERRY

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Waiting to Exhale

Works by Terry McMillan

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Waiting to Exhale (1992) 1,691 copies

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1996) 1,373 copies

A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2001) 919 copies

Disappearing Acts (1989) 694 copies

The Interruption of Everything (2003) 622 copies

Mama (1987) 568 copies

I Almost Forgot About You (2016) 378 copies

Getting to Happy (2010) 378 copies

Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Editor; Contributor — 276 copies

Who Asked You? (2013) 246 copies

It's Not All Downhill From Here (2020) 206 copies

It's OK if You're Clueless: and 23 More Tips for the College Bound (2006) 33 copies

Waiting to Exhale [1995 film] (1996) — Screenwriter — 32 copies

How Stella Got Her Groove Back [1998 film] (1998) — Screenwriter — 28 copies

Waiting to Exhale/Mama/Disappearing Acts (Nancy Drew Files) (1994) 4 copies

Zwischen Himmel und Erde. Das große Lesebuch der afro-amerikanischen Literatur. 9783442720514 3442720516 4 copies

Waiting to Exhale (92) by McMillan, Terry [Mass Market Paperback (2001)] 2 copies

Summary of I Almost Forgot About You: Includes Analysis (2016) 1 copy

Casi me olvido de ti (AdN) (2017) 1 copy

Falando De Amor (1998) 1 copy

Bir 'Oh' Desem (1996) 1 copy

Donne. Un respiro di sollievo (1998) 1 copy

A la bourre et sans un rond (2002) 1 copy

Somebody's Comin 1 copy

Brooklyn blues (1991) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) — Contributor — 1,504 copies

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction (1998) — Contributor — 186 copies

Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013) — Contributor — 182 copies

Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributor — 160 copies

Erotique Noire/Black Erotica (1991) — Contributor — 159 copies

Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) — Contributor — 124 copies

Loving Donovan (2003) — Introduction, some editions — 122 copies

The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contributor — 119 copies

Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 116 copies

Dick for a Day: What Would You Do If You Had One? (1997) — Contributor — 104 copies

Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contributor — 100 copies

Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor (1657) — Contributor — 77 copies

Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Contributor — 76 copies

The Seasons of Women: An Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 46 copies

Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 46 copies

Did My Mama Like to Dance? and Other Stories about Mothers and Daughters (1994) — Contributor — 40 copies

I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love (1994) — Contributor — 33 copies

The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Contributor — 23 copies

Streetlights: Illuminating Tales of the Urban Black Experience (1996) — Contributor — 12 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: McMillan, Terry Lynn
Birthdate: 1951-10-18
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Port Huron, Michigan, USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: University of California, Berkeley (BS|1979)
Columbia University (MFA)
Harlem Writer's Guild
Occupations: novelist
editor
professor
Relationships: McMillan, Rosalyn (sister)
Organizations: University of Arizona

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Reviews

Waiting to Exhale

Friendship

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BooksInMirror | 21 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan

I liked it. I didn't love it as I did Waiting to Exhale. It didn't flow as well as the first one.

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LadyRakat | 12 other reviews | Feb 1, 2024 |

It's Not All Downhill from Here: A Novel by Terry McMillan

This was a book club read for January 2024. I finished the book in December. I really enjoyed this book and the story of the friends.

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crazy4reading | 25 other reviews | Jan 4, 2024 |

I Almost Forgot About You: A Novel by Terry McMillan

I appreciate a romance that is acerbically funny rather than cloying and this one gets bonus points for a main character and her romantic interests who are middle aged and dealing with all the life issues that go with it. The characters, their relationships, and the events felt real and not too improbable and the dialogue was snappy. I enjoyed it so much that it mostly overcame the usual fatal flaw of having been written in first person, present tense. Normally, I’ll DNF those immediately, but I was actually able to forget the style and fall into the story for the most part.

Audiobook, borrowed from my public library. Audiobooks read by the author tend to be pretty hit/miss, but MacMillan did a terrific reading, especially with the dialogue.… (more)

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Doodlebug34 | 99 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |

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