Geralyn Lucas

Geralyn B. Lucas ( born 1963 ) is an American journalist and author. Lucas fell ill at the age of 27 years to breast cancer. Your testimony Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy was translated into several languages ​​and made ​​into a film.

Life

Geralyn Lucas studied journalism and worked as a journalist and television producer with the American Broadcasting Company in New York. Your breast cancer and subsequent mastectomy described Lucas in her book Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (Eng. Why I wore lipstick to my mastectomy). The book has since been translated into several languages ​​and made ​​into a film in 2006 starring Sarah Chalke in the lead role. The film was nominated for the Emmy Awards in 2007 as best TV movie.

Geralyn Lucas is married and the mother of two children.

Publications

• Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (German: And yet sometimes I a smile on your face, Ehrenwirth -Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-431-03640-6 )