Katy Butler
Born in South Africa and raised in Oxford, England, Katy came to America as a girl, earned a BA from Wesleyan University, and was a staff reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. A Buddhist, she was lay-ordained by the Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Katy is an Award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author she has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: the Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. Her latest book, The Art of Dying Well teaches us how to have a good death by living a good life, wise and straight forward. In her years as a journalist, she interviewed Jeff Bridges, Richard Nixon and Mickey Hart, Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker; Mother Jones; and Scientific American Atlantic,, Tricycle, Psychotherapy Networker.
