John Kelly

John Kelly - Loving Father, grandfather and husband - and esteemed author of major works of history - passed away on February 19 after a long illness. Kelly's book on the Black Death, The Great Mortality - was a highly praised National bestseller featured in major pub day reviews in The New York Times and The Washington Post. His magisterial account of the Irish Famine - The Graves Are Walking - was called the 'best book I have ever read on the subject ' by then-Prime Minister of Ireland Michael Higgins and received rapturous praise by a half dozen major historians as well as President Bill Clinton and a member of the Kennedy family . It was film optioned by Pierce Brosnan and Kelly spoke on the subject to standing room only audiences at Princeton
University. NYU's prestigious Glucksman Ireland House and the Irish Embassy . His account of the valiant British stand against Hitler - Never Surrender - was kudo'd by Vanity Fair. His collaborations - on human behavior and family dynamics - with six of America's most influential psychologists and his massive bestseller (a half century of royalties in 20 different countries made his opus on prenatal psychology - The Secret Life of the Unknown Child famous in publishing circles. Finally his Three on the Edge eloquently details three patients moving fight to conquer fatal diseases - and for this reason his family encourages readers to make a contribution to St Jude's Hospital for Children.