Background
Kerr was born in Washington, District of Columbia, to mother Jean Kerr and father Walter Kerr shortly before their relocation to Larchmont, New New York
Kerr was born in Washington, District of Columbia, to mother Jean Kerr and father Walter Kerr shortly before their relocation to Larchmont, New New York
He is one of six siblings, the oldest being Christopher, his twin Colin, and younger Gilbert, Gregory, and Kitty. Raised in a house of writers, his family was the subject of humorous articles scribed by his mother that would be collected into the volume Please Don"t Eat the Daisies (1957). In November 1993 Frederick Crews wrote "The Unknown Freud", an essay published in the New York Review of s, which used Kerr"s book review as a platform to attack Freud"s methods and practices.
The essay would result in the largest influx of letters to the editor in the history of the New York Review of son
Soon after publication, talks were opened with production companies to adapt the book to film. Christopher Hampton was brought in as screenwriter.
When talks stalled, Hampton adapted the work for stage. Entitled The Talking Cure, it opened in London in 2003.
Hampton subsequently wrote the screenplay for the 2011 David Cronenberg Film A Dangerous Method.
After a long stint in Brooklyn, Kerr relocated to Portland, Maine, in 1998. He currently resides in Portland"s West End.