Kelly Corrigan

Memoirist

Birthday August 16, 1967

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Pennsylvania

Age 57 years old

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About

Known for her bestselling cancer memoir The Middle Place, this American author published several other works, including Lift (in 2010) and Glitter and Glue (in 2014).

Before Fame

After graduating from Radnor High School (in Pennsylvania) and the University of Richmond (in Virginia), she entered the master's program in literature at San Francisco State University.

Trivia

She founded a charitable organization called Notes and Words that benefited the Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California.

Family Life

Her marriage to Edward Lichty resulted in two daughters.

Associated With

The writer Anne Lamott contributed to one of Corrigan's Notes and Words performance events.