Kathy Keller
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Kathy Louise Keller (born 1950) is an American author, lecturer, and Christian theologian from New York City who has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.[1] She was the wife of pastor Tim Keller (1950–2023), founder of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church.[2]
Kathy Keller (Kristy) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mary Louise Stephens and Henry R. Kristy (Kristolich), a Westinghouse Electric Company executive and World War II pilot of Croatian descent.[3] Keller grew up in Monroeville, Pennsylvania with her four siblings.[4][5] When she was twelve years old, she corresponded with Oxford University scholar and popular theologian C. S. Lewis and their correspondence was later published.[6][7][8] She graduated from Gateway High School[9] and Community College of Allegheny County.[10] She then received a B.A. in English from Allegheny College in 1972[11] where she was active in campus ministry.[12]