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Jean Kerr
Jean Kerr (July 10, 1922〔Some sources cite 1923, but the Social Security Death Index gives her date of birth as 1922.〕 – January 5, 2003) was an Irish-American author and playwright born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and best known for her humorous bestseller, ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'', and the plays ''King of Hearts'' and ''Mary, Mary''.
== Personal life ==
Born Bridget Jean Collins in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Tom and Kitty Collins, Kerr grew up on Electric Street in Scranton, and attended Marywood Seminary, the topic of her humorous short story "When I was Queen of the May." She received a Bachelor's Degree from Marywood College in Scranton and later attended The Catholic University of America, where she received her master's degree and met then-professor Walter Kerr. She later married Kerr, who went on to become a well-known New York drama critic, and they had six children—Christopher, twins Colin and John, Gilbert, Gregory, and Kitty. The Kerrs bought a home in New Rochelle, New York, where Jean wrote ''King of Hearts'', before settling in Larchmont.〔(The Theater: New Play in Manhattan ), April 12, 1954〕 She died in White Plains, New York, of pneumonia, in 2003.
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