Patricia Kennealy Morrison

Patricia Kennealy Morrison is a retired rock critic, a two-time Clio nominee, and the author of a memoir, a collection of her rock-criticism pieces, and 14 novels. In 1970, she married rock singer Jim Morrison in a pagan Celtic handfasting ceremony. Kennealy Morrison attended St. Bonaventure University and graduated from Harpur College; she has also studied at NYU, Parsons School of Design, and Christ Church, University of Oxford. She was the editor of Jazz & Pop magazine and a consultant on Oliver Stone’s film “The Doors,” in which she was portrayed by actress Kathleen Quinlan and had a cameo role performing the wedding ceremony between Quinlan as herself and actor Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison. In 1990, in Scotland, she was invested as a Dame Templar in a modern-day incarnation of the ancient order of Knights Templar. She lives in Manhattan.