Michelle Kennedy (née Michelle Louise Kennedy, July 12, 1972) is an American author and humorist.

Biography

Kennedy was born in

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, but spent most of her life on a small sheep farm in

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. She played high school basketball and loved doing farm chores. She was head page in the

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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''. Since then, she has published work in Salon.com, ''

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'', ''Redbook'', ''Family Circle'' and many other publications. She has also read her work on

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. 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 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 * ''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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Michelle Louise 1972 births Living people American women writers American writers 21st-century American memoirists People from Chelsea, Vermont Writers from Green Bay, Wisconsin Writers from Alaska American women memoirists 21st-century American women