Attica and Tembi Locke

Interview
Written By Michelle LeClerc

The Sister Power duo covering the NYT Bestseller list and writing your favorite shows

So excited to share my rich and nuanced convo with Attica and Tembi Locke.

I discovered this dynamic sister duo after devouring their Netflix Limited Series, From Scratch, starring Zoe Saldana.

Once my tear ducts could no longer produce any more tears, I immediately had to find out who was behind this beautiful show.

Attica is an award-winning screenwriter, TV producer, and novelist. She recently co-created and served as showrunner on From Scratch. Other screen credits include Little Fires Everywhere, When They See Us, and Empire. Attica is also a NY-Times best-selling author of five novels: Heaven, My Home; Bluebird, Bluebird; Pleasantville; The Cutting Season; and Black Water Rising.

Tembi is a New York Times best-selling author, TV producer, actor, and screenwriter. Her memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, is a 2019 Reese’s Book Club pick and NYT bestseller.

Alongside Hello Sunshine, Tembi and Attica adapted the book as a limited series for Netflix, which trended in the top 10 globally in 84 countries for weeks on end following its October 2022 release.

They are delightful humans, astute creators, and I can’t wait to watch their star continue to rise! In this chat, we dive into why it’s necessary to refuel, how sometimes the things you fear the most end up being the greatest gifts, and how to own your creative vision while staying open to collaboration.

Tune in!

xx cg

“You’ve got to have the grab bag of all the things you’re going to need, but then you’ve also got to rally the troops and get everyone aligned… That leadership piece. is what I think makes a great producer.”

- Attica and Tembi Locke

Episode Transcript

Michelle LeClerc

Michelle strives to add context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of design. Recently served as the Creative Director at Beutler Ink, a strategic creative agency specializing in research, writing, and design. Michelle has developed design and data visualization for social justice organizations like Campaign Zero, Be a Hero, and Yale’s The Justice Collaboratory and Freedom Reads. In 2017, she created the data visualization for Elizabeth Warren’s book, This Fight is Our Fight, a #1 New York Times bestseller. In 2019, on behalf of Campaign Zero, she led the data visualization for the first police scorecard in the US, which sought to identify urgent issues surrounding police accountability and propose best-practice solutions. Michelle’s commitment to quality design extends from the office to the classroom—she teaches Infographic Design at Temple’s Tyler School of Art.

www.michelleleclerc.com
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