Stockett%2C Taylor went to ... friend Tate Taylor first asked author Kathryn Stockett for the film rights to her yet-to-be-published novel, The Help, she said she replied, "Hell, no!" ...

For some, the stories in the novel "The Help" are all too real. July 15, 2011 — -- When first-time author Kathryn Stockett began writing her novel, "The Help," she had no idea that she was ...

Kathryn Stockett, author of the massive best-seller The Help, is being sued by her brother's family's longtime nanny, who says Stockett borrowed her likeness and her story without permission ...

Stockett family divided after brother takes sides against sister Kathryn. Feb. 22, 2011— -- A lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, the author of best-selling novel "The Help," has divided ...

In The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, we follow the coming of age of a young white woman, one raised and well-loved by her own family's black maid, Constantine. When Miss Skeeter goes away to school ...

(CBS/AP) JACKSON, Miss. - A black woman who once worked as a maid for a relative of Kathryn Stockett, the author of the best-selling book "The Help," is suing the author, claiming she was the ...

Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel "The Help." Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel "The Help." Frazer Harrison / Getty Images The lawsuit said that Stockett's conduct ...

In this pending case of Ableen Cooper and Kathryn Stockett, the courts of Mississippi will have the final say on whether The Help is as fictional as Stockett says it is. Beyond that, it will be up ...

So is "The Help" based on real stories of domestic Black workers during the civil rights movement? Yes and no. Read more: The 15 Best Historical Romance Movies Ranked Kathryn Stockett's novel "The ...

The film The Help, released in 2011, is an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel from 2009. The movie was a commercial and critical success, garnering over $200 million worldwide ...