--- description: Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the author whose emotional "Modern Love" column about her husband recently went viral, died of cancer on Monday title: Author Dies After Writing Emotional Dating Profile Essay About Her Husband image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376f2d2b299231df/6988be238e0601eadb46988b/amy-krouse-rosenthal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal Dies After Writing Dating Profile Essay About Her Husband  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2017 5:24 PM CUT  Amy Krouse Rosenthal in Chicago, on Aug. 1, 2016. Amy Krouse Rosenthal in Chicago, on Aug. 1, 2016.Kevin Nance—Chicago Tribune/AP  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2017 5:24 PM CUT Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the children’s book author whose [emotional “Modern Love” column](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/style/modern-love-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&%5Fr=1&referer=https://t.co/249JGRqvMq "undefined") about her husband recently went viral, died of cancer on Monday, her literary agent confirmed to TIME. Rosenthal’s recent New York _Times_ column, titled “[You May Want to Marry My Husband](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/style/modern-love-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&%5Fr=1&referer=https://t.co/249JGRqvMq "undefined"),” explained her ovarian cancer diagnosis and served as both a love letter and dating profile for her husband of 26 years. “I want more time with Jason. I want more time with my children. I want more time sipping martinis at the Green Mill Jazz Club on Thursday nights. But that is not going to happen,” Rosenthal, 51, wrote in the column, which was published March 3. “I probably have only a few days left being a person on this planet. So why I am doing this? I am wrapping this up on Valentine’s Day, and the most genuine, non-vase-oriented gift I can hope for is that the right person reads this, finds Jason, and another love story begins.” Rosenthal was the author of 28 children’s books and a 2016 memoir, [_Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal_](https://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Amy-Krouse-Rosenthal/dp/1101984546 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4699732/amy-krouse-rosenthal-dead-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband-modern-love/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4699732/amy-krouse-rosenthal-dead-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband-modern-love/"},"headline":"Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal Dies After Writing Dating Profile Essay About Her Husband","datePublished":"2017-03-13T17:24:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:48:49.978Z","description":"Her emotional column, \"You May Want to Marry My Husband,\" recently went viral","url":"https://time.com/4699732/amy-krouse-rosenthal-dead-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband-modern-love/","keywords":["Books","Literature","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376f2d2b299231df/6988be238e0601eadb46988b/amy-krouse-rosenthal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376f2d2b299231df/6988be238e0601eadb46988b/amy-krouse-rosenthal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obit-Amy Krouse Rosenthal","caption":"Obit-Amy Krouse Rosenthal","creditText":"Kevin Nance—Chicago Tribune/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4699732/amy-krouse-rosenthal-dead-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband-modern-love/","name":"Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal Dies After Writing Dating Profile Essay About Her Husband"}}]}] ```