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[ 0 => '{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}', 1 => '{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->', 2 => '| name = Kelly Corrigan', 3 => '| image = Corrigan.jpg', 4 => '| caption = Kelly Corrigan in 2009', 5 => '| residence = San Francisco Bay Area', 6 => '| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 16, 1967 }}', 7 => '| birth_place = ', 8 => '| death_date =', 9 => '| death_place =', 10 => '| occupation = Writer', 11 => '| genre = [[Memoir]], non-fiction', 12 => '| movement =', 13 => '| net worth = ', 14 => '| influences = ', 15 => '| influenced = ', 16 => '| website = {{URL|kellycorrigan.com}}', 17 => '| spouse = ', 18 => '| children = ', 19 => '|signature =', 20 => '}}', 21 => false, 22 => ''''Kelly Corrigan''' (born August 16, 1967) is an American writer.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Nantucket Project: How Clichés Are Getting in the Way of Your Success |work= TIME | url = http://time.com/collection/nantucket-project/ |date=Nov 17, 2014| accessdate = 2014-11-18 }}</ref> She is a graduate of The University of Richmond and received a Masters in Literature from San Francisco State University.<ref>http://www.kellycorrigan.com/bio.php</ref>', 23 => false, 24 => '== Writing ==', 25 => false, 26 => 'Corrigan's first book, “The Middle Place,” is a memoir about her Irish-American father’s battle with cancer and her own triumph over the disease.<ref>http://hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401340938&SUBJECT=Memoir</ref> It was published on January 8, 2008 (hardcover) and December 23, 2008 (paperback). At its peak, the hardcover reached #16 on the Hardcover Non-fiction New York Times bestseller list.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E2D6123AF930A35751C0A96E9C8B63&scp=4&sq=%22middle+place%22&st=nyt</ref> The paperback has reached #2 on the Trade Paperback Non-fiction New York Times bestseller list to date.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/books/bestseller/bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=the%20middle%20place%20kelly%20corrigan&st=cse</ref> "The Middle Place" was also recognized by Barnes and Noble as part of the "Discover Great New Writers" campaign. <br />', 27 => false, 28 => 'Her second book, entitled "Lift" and published in 2010, is written in the form of a letter to her children, and is an examination of risk and parenthood through the lens of 3 true stories.', 29 => '<br />', 30 => false, 31 => '“Glitter and Glue,” Corrigan’s third book, is due to be published by [[Random House]] in February 2014.', 32 => false, 33 => 'Corrigan is also the author of an essay about "women's remarkable capacity to support each other, to laugh together, and to endure" called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q ''Transcending''], a reading of which by the author and released by [http://hyperionbooks.com Hyperion]/[http://everywomansvoice.com Voice] became a YouTube sensation.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q</ref> The video has received over 4 million views on YouTube to date.', 34 => false, 35 => 'In addition to her long form work in memoir and nonfiction, Corrigan has contributed to [[O, The Oprah Magazine]], [[Good Housekeeping]], [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]], and other print and online publications. She is a four-time guest on The Today Show.', 36 => false, 37 => '== Cancer Outreach ==', 38 => false, 39 => 'Shortly after her own battle with breast cancer, Corrigan launched Circus of Cancer, a how-to web site for friends and family of women with the disease. The website includes a photo album of her own struggle against breast cancer and writings in such categories as "Finding a Lump" and "Losing My Hair." Below is an excerpt from "Getting the Diagnosis": ', 40 => '<blockquote>', 41 => 'At 1pm, Emily Birenbaum called and said these exact words: "Kelly, I understand that you called in this morning. I have the biopsy report and Kelly, it's cancer." I called out, "Edward!" and he came to me and we crowded around the phone, politely asking the simplest of questions. "Is the test always correct?" "Does it say how much cancer there is?" "Could it be a false positive?" After a very short conversation where we learned the phrase 'invasive ductal carcinoma', we hung up. The girls were at our knees, needing to be fed and put down for a nap. There was so much to do, on so many fronts, that the only thing to do was to start doing.', 42 => '</blockquote>', 43 => false, 44 => '==Personal life==', 45 => 'She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Edward Lichty, and their two daughters. ', 46 => false, 47 => '== Notes and Words ==', 48 => false, 49 => 'Corrigan created the philanthropy [http://www.notesandwords.org/cho/notes-words.aspx Notes and Words] in 2010, and has since raised over $2 million for [[Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland]] in California. An annual benefit, Notes & Words features bestselling authors and top recording artists onstage together at the Fox Theatre in Oakland. The event in 2012 raised over $600,000 and had an attendance of 1800 people. The co-chairs of the philanthropy – Corrigan, Melissa Williams and Kristina Smith – are all grateful parents whose children have received services and care from Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland.', 50 => false, 51 => 'Past Notes and Words performers include [[Michael Lewis]], [[Anne Lamott]], [[Michael Chabon]], as well as musicians [[Cake (band)|CAKE]] and [[The Family Crest]]. The 2013 lineup included [[G. Love and Special Sauce]], [[Goodnight, Texas]], Oakland School of the Arts, [[Billy Collins]], [[Mary Roach]], Kelly Corrigan herself, and [[Lauren Graham]].', 52 => false, 53 => '== Works ==', 54 => false, 55 => '===Nonfiction===', 56 => '*"The Middle Place" (2008)', 57 => '*"Lift" (2010)', 58 => '*"Glitter and Glue" (2014)', 59 => false, 60 => '== References ==', 61 => false, 62 => '{{reflist}}', 63 => false, 64 => '{{Authority control|VIAF=16672580}}', 65 => false, 66 => '{{Persondata ', 67 => '| NAME = Corrigan, Kelly', 68 => '| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =', 69 => '| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American writer', 70 => '| DATE OF BIRTH = August 16, 1967', 71 => '| PLACE OF BIRTH =', 72 => '| DATE OF DEATH =', 73 => '| PLACE OF DEATH =', 74 => '}}', 75 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Kelly}}', 76 => '[[Category:American memoirists]]', 77 => '[[Category:American columnists]]', 78 => '[[Category:American women writers]]', 79 => '[[Category:Breast cancer survivors]]', 80 => '[[Category:Living people]]', 81 => '[[Category:1967 births]]', 82 => '[[Category:Women memoirists]]', 83 => '[[Category:Women columnists]]', 84 => '[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]', 85 => '[[Category:University of Richmond alumni]]', 86 => '[[Category:San Francisco State University alumni]]' ]