Alix Strauss is a trend, culture and lifestyle journalist; an award-winning, four-time published author; speaker; and frequent contributor to The New York Times. Her books include: The Joy of Funerals (original, St. Martin’s Press; 20th anniversary edition, Palagram Press), Based Upon Availability (Harper Collins), and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous and the Notorious (Harper Collins). Her work has been optioned for several TV and film projects. A media-savvy social satirist, she has been a featured lifestyle, travel, and trend writer on national morning and talk shows including ABC, CBS, CNN, and the Today Show. During the past 25 years, she has written over 1,500 articles which cover a range of topics from trends in beauty, travel, and food to celebrity interviews. A born and raised New Yorker, you can connect with her atalixstrauss.com or @alixstrauss.
How bonding with the dead gives me community, joy and life.
