PERSON: Mary Louise Kelly

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Mary Louise Kelly is an American broadcaster and author. She anchors the daily news show All Things Considered on National Public Radio (NPR), and previously covered national security at the network. Prior to NPR she reported for CNN and the BBC in London. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and other publications. Her first novel, Anonymous Sources, was published in 2013; her second, The Bullet, in 2015; and her memoir, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs, in 2023.

Mary Louise Kelly was born in Augsburg, West Germany, the daughter of Carol (White) and James Patrick Kelly. While her father was attending Harvard University, he was drafted out of law school into the United States Army. He and Carol moved to Augsburg, Germany, where Mary Louise was born in an Army field hospital. James served as a captain from 1968 to 1972.

Mary Louise Kelly grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1993, studying government, French language, and literature. As a senior editor at The Harvard Crimson, she covered the 1992 presidential election and the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton.

In 1993, she landed her first job in reporting at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she stayed for a year before leaving for the U.K. to pursue a second degree. In 1995, she graduated with a master’s in European studies from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. During that same academic year she interned with the BBC in Glasgow and London.

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