Top ten: reasons we love Tania Katan.

TANIA KATAN GOT STRUCK BY THE worst kind of lightning--twice. At 21, and then again 10 years later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Both times, she fought the battle with moxie to spare. She recently documented her experiences in her book My One-night Stand With Cancer, which is one of the smartest and funniest books I've read. Katan's the bomb, plain and simple, and I was a fountain of mush and gush when I chatted with her. Here's the lowdown.

1. She landed a book deal after having written just 30 pages. Then she adapted it for the stage so as to reach a wider audience and performed it at her alma mater, Arizona State University. Ten years earlier, during her …