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Becky Robison (she/her) is a writer and death doula living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's Creative Writing MFA program, her work has appeared in Salon, Slate, Business Insider, and elsewhere. She’s also the mind behind deadparentswhatnow.com, a project that aims to help people navigate the dizzying labyrinth of post-death bureaucracy based on her own experience. Quirk Books published her how-to guide My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death in early 2026. Later that year, Becky launched the Bitching & Mourning podcast with Emmy-nominated comedy writer Alison Zeidman and began her tenure as the “Dear Reaper” death advice columnist for GraveSite. In her increasingly limited spare time, she enjoys hanging upside down at her local aerial gym and walking her dog, Oklahoma.
