Caitlin Doughty
Caitlin Doughty is a TED speaker who has written 2 quality-verified books, paired here with their talk.
Caitlin Doughty is the founder of The Order of the Good Death, a group of funeral industry professionals, academics and artists exploring ways to prepare a death-phobic culture for their inevitable mortality. With a proclivity for the macabre from an early age, Doughty began her career in the funeral industry as a crematory operator. Currently a licensed funeral director and eco-friendly mortician in Los Angeles, Doughty owns Undertaking LA, a nonprofit funeral home that empowers families to care for their dead. Her first book Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory is a New York Times bestseller, and her next book From Here to Eternity will be released in fall 2017. Her video web-series, "Ask a Mortician," has been featured on NPR, BBC, Forbes and more.
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What books has Caitlin Doughty written?
Caitlin Doughty has written 2 books in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Smoke gets in your eyes", "From Here to Eternity". Each is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Caitlin Doughty write about?
Caitlin Doughty's books on Books Worth Reading cover Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology.
What is Caitlin Doughty known for?
Caitlin Doughty has built a distinctive intellectual project around a deceptively simple premise: Western culture's denial of death has made us worse at living. As a licensed funeral director and founder of The Order of the Good Death, Doughty combines rigorous research, gallows humor, and genuine c...
What is Caitlin Doughty's TED talk?
Caitlin Doughty's TED talk is "A burial practice that nourishes the planet" (2017). It is paired with their books on Books Worth Reading.