Kathyrn Stockett was born in 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi. She was married and is currently divorced, also she has one daughter. She wrote the book about The Help which it has 42 different languages and also it has sold over millions of books. It was mostly about the maids of how the maids took care of the whites children while their parents had to run errands or parties. She has met african american worker briefly. Kathryn wrote the book and it took her five years to complete the book. The help came into the movie later on. The book has more detailed information of what was going on back in the early days of when the blacks had to care of the whites homes, took care of children, run errands for them and so on. It was interesting book to read.