Lillian Corrigan was born in New York and raised in the suburbs of New Jersey. As a young person, she was quiet and studious. A full-fledged member of the nerd crowd, she maintained impressive grades. After winning a class contest allotting a “free pass” for a future homework assignment, she saved it as memento, validating her nerd status.
At the age of three, Lillian strapped on her first pair of ice skates. She spent many winters in gliding around the lake at her aunt’s house. When she was four, her parents signed her up for swim lessons. Kicking and screaming, she met a pool for the first time and grew to love the water. She continued classes for over a decade, receiving Junior Life-Saving Certification. At the age of eleven, she joined a local softball league and played third base for a few seasons before heading to the outfield. Other hobbies included gymnastics, calligraphy, bicycling, puzzles and crafting many self-imagined creations through trial and error. Despite a few disasters, some of her concoctions turned out well. She continues to enjoy the latter three activities, including calamities as well as successes. Cooking, spending a warm day on the lake, and playing with her puppies are other favored pastimes.
Lillian became truly interested in literature after reading “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in middle school. She’s enjoyed writing her whole life and has used journaling as a means to cope, learn and grow from struggles and challenging experiences.
During the summer, young Lillian led her sisters in games of “school,” aspiring to become a teacher. As a natural “math head,” she thrived on those math problems most kids hated. She took extra courses to bring her writing skills up to the level she desired. During four years of Latin in high school, she translated The Aeneid where she discovered the charms of mythology. With two additional classes, she explored the old legends further. Sadly, she recalls little after so long.
Lillian attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, and obtained her MBA from Rider University. During different portions of her career, Lillian has worked in industry, teaching and management. She enjoys facilitating retreats and conducting supportive workshops on a wide variety of topics from appreciating small moments, to finding strength and goodness in the face of adversity and hardship.
Escaping into new worlds, Lillian finds reading fictional novels both exciting and relaxing. Storytelling, especially by the older generation, fascinates her. Lillian has a love of old architecture. Visiting antiquated buildings with original stonework, carved wood and blurry glass intrigues her.
Things that inspire Lillian include her grandparents, her father-in-law, puppies, forests, streams, wildlife, budding flowers, and the small miracles found through and with other people every day..
List of favorites include:
Author/writers C.S. Lewis, Mitch Albom, J. Brady, Homer, Dr. Suess, W Dyer, Jim Davis +
Books The Shack, Tuesdays with Morrie, Oh, The Places You’ll Go, God on a Harley, Living without Limits,
and the "Narnia" stories +
Movie The Love Letter, Monsters, Inc., Sabrina, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Grease +
Play Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story +
Actor Tim Allen, Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock +
Singer Collin Raye, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley +
Color Green, Purple
Flower Daisy, Sunflower
Pet Puppies - all of them
Place The mountains
Song If I Were You, by Collin Raye
Ice Cream Peanut Butter Cup
Lillian’s aspirations include writing more books with faith and hope as core themes. She writes inspirational articles on contented living as well as leads retreats and other self-help-type events. She looks forward to doing both in more widespread venues. Lillian offers content editing, coaching, and formatting assistance to other authors wishing to publish.
At the age of three, Lillian strapped on her first pair of ice skates. She spent many winters in gliding around the lake at her aunt’s house. When she was four, her parents signed her up for swim lessons. Kicking and screaming, she met a pool for the first time and grew to love the water. She continued classes for over a decade, receiving Junior Life-Saving Certification. At the age of eleven, she joined a local softball league and played third base for a few seasons before heading to the outfield. Other hobbies included gymnastics, calligraphy, bicycling, puzzles and crafting many self-imagined creations through trial and error. Despite a few disasters, some of her concoctions turned out well. She continues to enjoy the latter three activities, including calamities as well as successes. Cooking, spending a warm day on the lake, and playing with her puppies are other favored pastimes.
Lillian became truly interested in literature after reading “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in middle school. She’s enjoyed writing her whole life and has used journaling as a means to cope, learn and grow from struggles and challenging experiences.
During the summer, young Lillian led her sisters in games of “school,” aspiring to become a teacher. As a natural “math head,” she thrived on those math problems most kids hated. She took extra courses to bring her writing skills up to the level she desired. During four years of Latin in high school, she translated The Aeneid where she discovered the charms of mythology. With two additional classes, she explored the old legends further. Sadly, she recalls little after so long.
Lillian attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, and obtained her MBA from Rider University. During different portions of her career, Lillian has worked in industry, teaching and management. She enjoys facilitating retreats and conducting supportive workshops on a wide variety of topics from appreciating small moments, to finding strength and goodness in the face of adversity and hardship.
Escaping into new worlds, Lillian finds reading fictional novels both exciting and relaxing. Storytelling, especially by the older generation, fascinates her. Lillian has a love of old architecture. Visiting antiquated buildings with original stonework, carved wood and blurry glass intrigues her.
Things that inspire Lillian include her grandparents, her father-in-law, puppies, forests, streams, wildlife, budding flowers, and the small miracles found through and with other people every day..
List of favorites include:
Author/writers C.S. Lewis, Mitch Albom, J. Brady, Homer, Dr. Suess, W Dyer, Jim Davis +
Books The Shack, Tuesdays with Morrie, Oh, The Places You’ll Go, God on a Harley, Living without Limits,
and the "Narnia" stories +
Movie The Love Letter, Monsters, Inc., Sabrina, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Grease +
Play Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story +
Actor Tim Allen, Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock +
Singer Collin Raye, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley +
Color Green, Purple
Flower Daisy, Sunflower
Pet Puppies - all of them
Place The mountains
Song If I Were You, by Collin Raye
Ice Cream Peanut Butter Cup
Lillian’s aspirations include writing more books with faith and hope as core themes. She writes inspirational articles on contented living as well as leads retreats and other self-help-type events. She looks forward to doing both in more widespread venues. Lillian offers content editing, coaching, and formatting assistance to other authors wishing to publish.
A personal note from the author
The story of how I came to write my first novel
One day, someone said, "You should write a book; you already have the content in those wonderful letters you've written about 'this' experience. Why don't you put it all together?" Of course, I'm paraphrasing a bit. I laughed it off at the time, but the seed was planted. That seed sprouted and grew until one day, I picked up my laptop and started to write about both the wonderful and horrible parts of my last few years. At first, it was like journaling. The exercise helped me understand a web of intertwining circumstance. Eventually, I saw a whole new perspective. I learned that there is both good and bad in every experience. Perception is key. I started to value the lessons in the challenging changes and losses I'd faced. After I discovered the hidden treasure under the mud and muck and shared my insight with others, realizing most people related to what I'd been through and to what I was saying. A new goal surfaced. I could use my writing to encourage and offer hope to others in similar situations. The book became a passion. Day and night I cultivated it, studied, took classes, and worked until it shined. My husband will be thrilled when I start cooking, cleaning, gardening and helping to cut and stack the woodpile again! Still immersed in my dream, I tweaked, exaggerated, modified, counseled and in the end, this novel was born. My greatest hope is that philosophies contained in this story do indeed affect, touch and especially inspire those who need it most.
