Rebecca Wells (born 1952 in Louisiana) is an American playwright and author. She is best known for her Ya-Ya series of novels, which includes Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, Ya-Yas in Bloom, and The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. After college, Ms.

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  • Rebecca Wells (born 1952 in Louisiana) is an American playwright and author. She is best known for her Ya-Ya series of novels, which includes Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, Ya-Yas in Bloom, and The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. After college, Ms. Wells later moved to New York City to pursue her acting career and began studying the Stanislavski method of acting, as well as a depth approach that integrates spirituality and performance with Maurine Holbert. "I live in an actor's body, in which the cultivation of sense memory, active listening, and the belief that the sublime can arise out of the most common character, word, or gesture is somewhat of a religion for me. " Rebecca's commitment is not only to acting, and writing, but to peace and social justice as well. Having performed as an actress in regional theaters across the country, and having helped organize a major march for nuclear disarmament, she visited Seattle. There, she founded a chapter of Performing Artists for Nuclear Disarmament, and began to perform and develop plays at numerous Seattle theaters. Charmed by the beauty and grace of The Great Northwest, she decided to make it her home. Her writing so far resides in the heart of Louisiana. While many fans assume her work is autobiographical, Wells says, "My work is a result of my imagination dancing a kind of psycho-spiritual tango with my own history, and the final harvest is fiction, not memoir. " Her first novel, Little Altars Everywhere, won the Western States Book Award, became an underground bestseller, supported by independent bookstores nation-wide before becoming a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, became a #1 New York Times bestseller and a publishing phenomenon several years before the book was made into a blockbuster movie with Dame Maggie Smith. It won the 1999 Adult Trade ABBY Award and inspired Ya-Ya clubs all over the world. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood has become a modern classic. Her third Ya-Ya novel, Ya-Yas in Bloom became a New York Times bestseller as it brought Wells's fans into the early lives of her Ya-Ya gang. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder introduced a wholly new set of characters and Louisiana settings. Her four bestselling novels have given Wells a dominant place in American literature.
  • Rebecca Wellsová je americká spisovatelka, herečka a autorka divadelních her.
  • È meglio conosciuta per la serie di romanzi Ya-Ya.
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  • Rebecca Wells (born 1952 in Louisiana) is an American playwright and author. She is best known for her Ya-Ya series of novels, which includes Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, Ya-Yas in Bloom, and The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. After college, Ms.
  • Rebecca Wellsová je americká spisovatelka, herečka a autorka divadelních her.
  • È meglio conosciuta per la serie di romanzi Ya-Ya.
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  • Rebecca Wells
  • Rebecca Wellsová
  • Rebecca Wells
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