Wendy Coakley-Thompson
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Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born Wendy Cecille Thompson on December 27, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York), 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 persons of mixed race.
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.
Coakley-Thompson's dissertation, written in 1999 in partial fulfilment of the PhD degree is entitled
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- The use of popular media in multicultural education: Stressing implications for the Black/Non-Black biracial student
Though she lived in Montclair, New Jersey for over a decade, Coakley-Thompson was raised in Nassau, Bahamas. She was born to Bahamian parents, Frederick Oliver Wendell Thompson (1929 - 1982) and Marina Coakley.
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. As of February 2007, Coakley-Thompson began co-hosting The Book Squad on WMET1160 with author Karyn Langhorne.
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- Wendy Coakley-Thompson Official Web Site
- The Fiendish Plots of Dr. Wendy Coakley-Thompson
- My Space
- The Book Squad
- The Official Book Squad Blog
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Categories: 1966 births | Living people | African American writers | American bloggers | American novelists | American romantic fiction writers | Bahamian Americans | Bahamian people | Delta Sigma Theta sisters | Educational technology | Multiracial affairs | People from Brooklyn | People from New Jersey | Syracuse University alumni
