Wendy Coakley-Thompson

Wendy Coakley-Thompson (nee, Wendy Cecille Thompson; born December 27, 1966), is a mainstream fiction author. Coakley-Thompson's work is part of emerging millennial contemporary African-American literature. Coakley-Thompson's fiction addresses themes and issues concerning interracial relationships, race, racial identity, and people of mixed race.

Wendy Coakley-Thompson
Born	Wendy Cecille Thompson (1966-12-27) December 27, 1966 (age 58) New York City, U.S.
Nationality	American, Bahamian
Education	Montclair State University (BA) William Paterson College (MA) Syracuse University (PhD)
Occupation	Author
Website	Official Site

Early life and education

Wendy Cecille Thompson was born on December 27, 1966, in Brooklyn. Her Bahamian parents were Frederick Oliver Wendell Thompson (1929–1982) and Marina Thompson (née Coakley). Coakley-Thompson was raised in Nassau, Bahamas. She lived in Montclair, New Jersey, for over a decade.

Coakley-Thompson has a BA in Speech and Theater (Broadcasting) from Montclair State College in Upper Montclair, New Jersey; an MA in Communication Arts from William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey; and a PhD in Education (Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.^[1] Coakley-Thompson's dissertation, written in 1999 in partial fulfilment of the PhD degree is entitled: The Use of Popular Media in Multicultural Education: Stressing Implications for the Black/Non-Black biracial student.^[2]

Career

In December 2006, Rainy Friday Films, a Chicago-based independent production company, optioned the film rights to What You Won't Do for Love, Coakley-Thompson's second novel. From February 2007 until October 2007, Coakley-Thompson co-hosted The Book Squad on WMET1160 with author Karyn Langhorne.^[3]

Publications

• Back to Life (2004)
• What You Won't Do for Love (2005)
• Triptych (2008)
• Writing While Black (2012)

See also

• Bahamian American
• List of romantic novelists
• List of novelists from the United States