Rebecca Wells

Rebecca Wells is an American novelist, actress, and playwright born and raised in central Louisiana on a cotton farm in Rapides Parish near Alexandria. She is best known for her New York Times bestsellers Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Little Altars Everywhere, which explore themes of female friendship, family bonds, Southern culture, Catholicism, and alcoholism in mid-20th-century Louisiana, inspiring widespread 'Ya-Ya' fan groups. Her works, including Ya-Yas in Bloom and The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, have earned awards like the Western States Book Award and the 1999 Adult Trade ABBY Award.

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