Bess Lovejoy

BESS LOVEJOY is the author of Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham’s Quarterly, SeattleMet, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. She is a former editor at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com, and the Schott’s Almanac series. She is 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.