(JTA) – New York writer Elicia Brown Pomeroy, who wrote for JTA and other publications about her battle with ovarian cancer, has died. She was 48.

She was buried next to her sister-in-law in a small Jewish cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York, on Sunday, August 6.

In November 2015, Brown Pomeroy wrote a column for JTA describing how she received her diagnosis of ovarian cancer on the day that her husband’s sister died of a similar disease. The column, “At Hanukkah, finding light in a time of illness and darkness,” earned her a Rockower Award for Excellence in Personal Essay the American Jewish Press Association.

Brown Pomeroy wrote a regular column for The New York Jewish Week for many years, where she also worked as a staff writer. She also contributed to the Forward and JTA, as well as other publications.

She was a graduate of Barnard College and received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

She is survived by her husband, Jeremy Pomeroy, and two teenage children.