Michelle Kennedy
Michelle Kennedy Hogan | |
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Born | Michelle Louise Kennedy July 12, 1972 Baltimore, Maryland |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Non-fiction, Humor, Memoir |
Spouse | John M. Hogan, Jr. |
Children | Eight |
Website | |
http://www.mushingmom.com |
Michelle Kennedy Hogan (née Michelle Louise Kennedy, July 12, 1972) is an American blogger, author and sled dog racer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
Hogan is the author of 15 books, the mother of eight children and a musher on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. She lives off the grid - without running water or power - on 40 acres with her husband and five of their eight children.
She is also a long distance sled dog racer and plans to run the Iditarod in 2016.
Hogan was born in Baltimore, Maryland but spent most of her life on a small sheep farm in Chelsea, Vermont. She played high school basketball and loved doing farm chores. She was head page in the United States Senate her junior year in high school for Senator Patrick Leahy.
Hogan's formal writing career began as a reporter for the Green Bay News-Chronicle. Since then, she has published work in Salon.com, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Family Circle and many other publications. She has also read her work on National Public Radio.
Her first book, Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, was published by Viking in 2005 and received many positive critical reviews as well as several awards. Her follow up novel, Gandhi was a Libra was less well-received but focused on the issues of bipolar disease and postpartum depression - something Hogan herself struggled with.
Books
- Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, Viking, 2005
- Year of the Dog: How Running Sled Dogs Saved the Life of a Woefully Average, Middle-Aged Mother of Eight, In a Shoe Press, 2013
- The Last Straw Strategies (Series of 8 books), Barrons Educational Series, 2003
- It Worked For Me: 1,001 Real-Life Pregnancy Tips, 2004
- The Big Book of Happy, Metro Books, 2007
- A Fine Mess: Living Simply With Children, 2008
References
- ^ "Michelle Kennedy Hogan". Viking.
- ^ Hogan, Michelle Kennedy (2005). "Michelle Kennedy Hogan". us.penguingroup.com.
- ^ "Without a Net: Mobile Home by Sarah Wildman". nytimes.com. 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Without a Net: Review". Entertainment Weekly. 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Mothers Who Sell, by Michelle Kennedy". Salon.com. 2002-10-01. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Without a Net: Review, Corey Beach". Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "International Journal of Sociology of the Family, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Autumn 2005)". Without a Net Book Review. 2005. Retrieved 2013-12-31.