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. He wrote collaborations on human behavior and family dynamics with six of America's most influential psychologists. As well, his massive bestseller (a half century of royalties on 20 different foreign editions) , The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, introduced the world to prenatal psychology. Finally, his Three On the Edge eloquently detailed 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.