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Caitlin Doughty

Caitlin Doughty is the author of three New York Times best-selling books about death and funeral practices. She created the long-running video essay series "Ask a Mortician." Her work sparked the death positive movement and she remains an influential voice in American funeral industry reform. She lives in New York.

Caitlin Doughty

Awards

Shortlisted — PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2015

Books by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty
Paperback, 2015
In this "morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller that launched the death positive movement, a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty, Landis Blair
Hardback, 2017
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller

The best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with "dignity."
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty, Landis Blair
Paperback, 2018
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller

“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, ...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Caitlin Doughty, Dianné Ruz
Hardback, 2019
Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from childrenabout death, dead bodies and decomposition.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Caitlin Doughty, Dianné Ruz
Paperback, 2020
New York Times bestseller
Winner of a Goodreads Choice Award

"Funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential." —Marianne Eloise, Guardian
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty
E Book, 2014
In this "morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller that launched the death positive movement, a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty, Landis Blair
E Book, 2017
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller

“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, ...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Caitlin Doughty, Dianné Ruz
E Book, 2019
Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from childrenabout death, dead bodies and decomposition.