DREAMLAND CONVERSATIONS: MARY LOUISE KELLY

Join us at The Dreamland for a very special edition of Dreamland Conversations featuring co-host of NPR’s flagship evening news program All Things Considered, and prolific author Mary Louise Kelly in conversation with author Rob Cocuzzo on Sunday, September 3rd. From the state of politics in the U.S. to her brand-new book “It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs”, this will be an evening you won’t want to miss! The conversation will be followed an audience Q&A, then a book signing in the lobby.

Bio:

Mary Louise Kelly is a mother, a daughter, a journalist and a novelist. The order of these titles—the order by which she defines herself—might shift, depending on which moment you catch her. But since 2003, when her first child was born, “Mom” has been the name she is proudest to answer to.

When not driving soccer carpool, Mary Louise co-hosts All Things Considered, NPR’s flagship evening newsmagazine. Previously, she spent a decade as national security correspondent for NPR News, and she’s kept that focus in her role as anchor. That’s meant taking All Things Considered to Russia, North Korea, Iran, Ukraine and beyond. Mary Louise’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Newsweek, and other publications. A Georgia native, her first job was working as a staff writer at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Her books have been translated into more than dozen languages. She is a recipient of the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation, a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation and the Award for Outstanding Broadcast Journalist from the Washington Women in Journalism Awards. She led the NPR team that was named Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2021, for on-the-ground reporting from Iran.

Mary Louise was educated at Harvard University and at the University of Cambridge in England. She lives in Washington, DC with her two sons.