Katherine Russell Rich (November 17, 1955 – April 3, 2012) was an American autobiographical writer from New York City.
[1] Her first book, The Red Devil: To Hell with Cancer, and Back, told of a clash of cultures occurring when the author's breast cancer treatment caused her to lose her hair just when both romantic and professional difficulties came to a head.
[2] Her book Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language, details a year she spent in India on assignment for The New York Times.
Having been sent there to interview the Dalai Lama's doctor,[3] her assignment turned into a journey of linguistic awakening and of self-discovery.
[1] Rich was interviewed for and was the subject of the third act of This American Life radio blog Episode 425, which aired on January 21, 2011.