Bess Lovejoy’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham’s Quarterly and elsewhere. She is a former editor at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com. She has delivered talks at Death Salon, Morbid Anatomy, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Green-Wood Cemetery, and for Atlas Obscura. She is also a founding member of The Order of the Good Death. She now works as a freelance writer, researcher, and content creator specializing in the places where history, science, and curiosity meet. Find out more about her: besslovejoy.com

'A historically beguiling, stranger-than-fiction compendium' Elle

Bess Lovejoy’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham’s Quarterly and elsewhere. She is a former editor at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com. She has delivered talks at Death Salon, Morbid Anatomy, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Green-Wood Cemetery, and for Atlas Obscura. She is also a founding member of The Order of the Good Death. She now works as a freelance writer, researcher, and content creator specializing in the places where history, science, and curiosity meet. Find out more about her: besslovejoy.com

'A historically beguiling, stranger-than-fiction compendium' Elle

Bess Lovejoy’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham’s Quarterly and elsewhere. She is a former editor at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com. She has delivered talks at Death Salon, Morbid Anatomy, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Green-Wood Cemetery, and for Atlas Obscura. She is also a founding member of The Order of the Good Death. She now works as a freelance writer, researcher, and content creator specializing in the places where history, science, and curiosity meet. Find out more about her: besslovejoy.com

'A historically beguiling, stranger-than-fiction compendium' Elle