Nina Riggs information

Nina Ellen Riggs
Nina Ellen Riggs
Born	March 29, 1977
Died	February 26, 2017 (aged 39)
Occupation(s)	Writer, poet
Spouse	John Duberstein
Children	2

Nina Ellen Riggs (March 29, 1977 – February 26, 2017)^[1] was an American writer and poet. Her best known work is her memoir, The Bright Hour,^[2] detailing her journey as a mother with incurable breast cancer. It was published shortly after her death. The book received critical acclaim.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Riggs also contributed an article to New York Times series Modern Love.^[7]

Riggs was born in San Francisco, California.^[1] She was the great-great-great-granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson.^[4] She received a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of fine arts degree in poetry from UNC at Greensboro.^[1]

Riggs was married to John Duberstein, an attorney with whom she had two sons. They lived in Greensboro, North Carolina.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Riggs, Nina Ellen". Greensboro News & Record. March 5, 2017.
^ Riggs, Nina (2017). The Bright Hour. Simon and Schuster. p. 320. ISBN 9781501169359. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ Krug, Nora (June 1, 2017). "A dying mother's memoir is this year's 'When Breath Becomes Air'". The Washington Post.
^ ^a ^b Collins-Hughes, Laura (June 1, 2017). "A young mother's unsentimental memoir of her last days". Boston Globe.
^ Newman, Judith (June 16, 2017). "I'm Dying Up Here: Books on How to Grieve and How to Die". New York Times.
^ McCarthy, Matt (June 5, 2017). "Nina Riggs' moving cancer memoir shines 'Bright'". USA Today.
^ Riggs, Nina (September 23, 2016). "When a Couch Is More Than a Couch". New York Times.

[:0-1] "Riggs, Nina Ellen". Greensboro News & Record. March 5, 2017.

[2] Riggs, Nina (2017). The Bright Hour. Simon and Schuster. p. 320. ISBN 9781501169359. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[3] Krug, Nora (June 1, 2017). "A dying mother's memoir is this year's 'When Breath Becomes Air'". The Washington Post.

[:1-4] Collins-Hughes, Laura (June 1, 2017). "A young mother's unsentimental memoir of her last days". Boston Globe.

[5] Newman, Judith (June 16, 2017). "I'm Dying Up Here: Books on How to Grieve and How to Die". New York Times.

[6] McCarthy, Matt (June 5, 2017). "Nina Riggs' moving cancer memoir shines 'Bright'". USA Today.

[7] Riggs, Nina (September 23, 2016). "When a Couch Is More Than a Couch". New York Times.

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