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Bram Stoker Award Winner - Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
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Macabre
2006
Final Exits
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
"Every mortal should read this book, before they find themselves in its pages."
Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2006
ISBN
0-06-081741-0
An eye-opening and addictive book about the ways we really die, uncovering the truth from colonial times to the present. This endlessly fascinating, often amusing, and always riveting book is the perfect companion for all curious minds.
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Critical Acclaim
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"Every mortal should read this book, before they find themselves in its pages."
Daniel Handler
Author of A Series of Unfortunate Events (as Lemony Snicket)
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"This endlessly fascinating, often amusing, and always riveting book is the perfect gift for all of your morbid, twisted, or at least curious friends."
Peter Straub
2005 Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award
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"Final Exits is gross and engrossing... A well-researched historical perspective on death."
Wendy Northcutt
Author of The Darwin Awards
