Michelle Kennedy Explained
Michelle Kennedy |
Birth Name: | Michelle Louise Kennedy |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1972 |
Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland |
Genre: | Non-fiction, Humor, Memoir |
Spouse: | Thomas Troy Busconi[1] |
Awards: | Pushcart Prize nominee |
Michelle Kennedy (née Michelle Louise Kennedy, July 12, 1972) is an American author and humorist.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Biography
Kennedy 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. She is the mother of eight children.
Kennedy's formal writing career began as a reporter for the Green Bay News-Chronicle.[6] 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.
Kennedy is the author of 16 books. Her first book, Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, was published by Viking in 2005[7] [6] and received many positive critical reviews as well as several awards.
Books
- The Last Straw Strategies (Series of 8 books), Barrons Educational Series, 2003
- It Worked For Me: 1,001 Real-Life Pregnancy Tips, 2004
- Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, Viking, 2005 [6]
- The Big Book of Happy, Metro Books, 2007
- A Fine Mess: Living Simply With Children, 2008
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Chelsea Couple Finds their Field of Dreams. McCann, Marianne. Randolph Herald. 2022-05-26.
- Web site: Without a Net: Mobile Home. Wildman, Sarah. New York Times. 2005-02-27. 2013-12-31.
- Without a Net: Review. Entertainment Weekly. 2005-02-27. 2013-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20140101075757/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1028939,00.html. 2014-01-01.
- Web site: Mothers Who Sell, by Michelle Kennedy. Salon.com. 2002-10-01. 2013-12-31.
- Without a Net Book Review. International Journal of Sociology of the Family. 31. 2. 159–161. Autumn 2005. 23070654. Pippert. Tim.
- News: O'Connor . Kevin . Chapter 2 in one writer's life. . 12 October 2019 . Rutland Daily Herald . 13 May 2007 . Rutland, Vermont . 1, 7.
- News: O'Connor . Kevin . The Long Way Home . 12 October 2019 . Rutland Daily Herald . 19 November 2006 . Rutland, Vermont . 1, 6.