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Joni Rodgers
New York Times bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass musicians and grew up on stage, opening for country music legends of the 1960s and ’70s. She continued performing, directing, and teaching creative drama until 1994, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, an aggressive blood cancer. Rodgers used the chemo downtime to complete her first two novels, both of which were published to critical acclaim. Her memoir, Bald in the Land of Big Hair (HarperCollins, 2001), is the story of her cancer experience and how it led to the publication of her first book. Rodgers continues to write fiction, speak to audiences about survivorship and creativity, and coauthor memoirs with extraordinary people. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas. Thanks in part to treatments developed through SGK funding, her cancer has been in remission for thirteen years.