Kathleen Troccoli (; born June 24, 1958) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, author, and speaker. == Early life and family == Born in Brooklyn, New York, Troccoli was raised in Islip Terrace, Long Island, New York, where she graduated from East Islip High School. Her father died of colon cancer when she was 15; her mother died of breast cancer in 1991, shortly before the release of her album Pure Attraction and its mainstream chart selection, "Everything... [more on Wikipedia]