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'{{short description|American writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Kelly Corrigan | image = Kelly Corrigan.jpg | caption = Kelly Corrigan in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 16, 1967 }} | birth_place = [[Radnor, Pennsylvania]]<ref>[https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/literature/20150224_Kelly_Corrigan_draws_on_growing_up_in_Radnor_for_memoirs.html "Kelly Corrigan Draws on Growing Up in Radnor for Memoirs"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', February 24, 2015</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | genre = [[Memoir]], non-fiction | movement = | net worth = | influences = | influenced = | website = {{URL|kellycorrigan.com}} | spouse = | children = |signature = | alma_mater = University of Richmond (B.A.)<br>San Francisco State University (M.A.) }} '''Kelly Corrigan''' (born August 16, 1967) is an American writer.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Nantucket Project: How Clichés Are Getting in the Way of Your Success |magazine=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]]. She is the host of Exactly, a 2017 series where top thinkers take on big ideas. Season One's guests included Margaret Atwood, Walter Isaacson, BJ Novak, Jason Segel and John Cleese.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/series/exactly |title=Exactly |website=KQED archives}}</ref> She is also the host of Kelly Corrigan Wonders, a Public Radio series, originating from WHYY in Philadelphia, that ponders “the big questions” with guests like Melinda Gates. She is the host in the interview show ''Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan'' which premiered in October, 2020 on PBS and has had, as of May 1, 2021, three episodes with activist [[Bryan Stevenson]] (Ep.&nbsp;1), entertainer [[James Corden]] (Ep.&nbsp;2) and actress [[Jennifer Garner]] (Ep.&nbsp;3). == Writing == 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>{{cite web |url=http://hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401340938&SUBJECT=Memoir |title=The Middle Place: A Memoir by Kelly Corrigan |publisher=Hyperion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415153311/http://hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401340938&SUBJECT=Memoir |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was published on January 8, 2008 (hardcover) and December 23, 2008 (paperback). At its peak, the hardcover reached No. 2 on the Non-fiction New York Times bestseller list.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9807E2D6123AF930A35751C0A96E9C8B63.html |title=BEST SELLERS: NONFICTION: Sunday, February 3rd 2008 |date=February 3, 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> The paperback has reached No. 2 on the Trade Paperback Non-fiction New York Times bestseller list to date.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/books/bestseller/bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=the+middle+place+kelly+corrigan&st=cse|title=The New York Times Best Sellers|work=The New York Times }}{{dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> "The Middle Place" was also recognized by Barnes and Noble as part of the "Discover Great New Writers" campaign. Her second book, ''Lift'', published in 2010, which also reached No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, 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. Corrigan is also the author of an essay about "women's remarkable capacity to support each other, to laugh together, and to endure" called ''Transcending'', a reading of which by the author and released by [[Hachette Books|Hyperion]] / everywomansvoice.com became a YouTube sensation.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q|title=Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan|last=voicevoices|date=December 8, 2008|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> The video has received over 4 million views on YouTube to date. == Works == ===Nonfiction=== *''The Middle Place'' (2008) *''Lift'' (2010) *''Glitter and Glue'' (2014) *''Tell Me More'' (2018) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website|http://kellycorrigan.com}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q ''Transcending''], YouTube {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Kelly}} [[Category:American memoirists]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:American women memoirists]] [[Category:American women columnists]] [[Category:American people of Irish descent]] [[Category:University of Richmond alumni]] [[Category:San Francisco State University alumni]] [[Category:21st-century American women]]'