Nina Ellen Riggs (March 29, 1977 – February 26, 2017)[1] was an American writer and poet.
Her best known work is her memoir, The Bright Hour,[2] detailing her journey as a mother with incurable breast cancer.
[3][4][5][6] Riggs also contributed an article to New York Times series Modern Love.
[4] She received a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of fine arts degree in poetry from UNC at Greensboro.
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