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Mary Elizabeth Williams is an American writer and commentator. She is a staff writer for the online magazineSalon.[1] She has also written forThe New York Times,The Nation, and other publications.[2] As a commentator, she has made appearances onMSNBC,Today, andNBC Nightly News.[2]
In 2009, Williams released a memoir titledGimme Shelter.[1]
Mary Elizabeth Williams grew up inJersey City, New Jersey.[2] She has described herself as a practicing Catholic.[3]
In August 2010, Williams was diagnosed with malignantmelanoma and underwent surgery.[4] In August 2011, she was rediagnosed withstage IV melanoma. Later that year, she entered a stage I clinical trial for an experimentalimmunotherapy cancer drug, with which she had significant success and has remained in remission as of 2019.[5][6] Williams has documented her experiences with cancer on Salon[7] and in her bookA Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer, published in 2016.
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