MARILYN JOHNSON


Selected Works

Book
The Dead Beat: lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries
A former obituary writer celebrates the cult and culture of obituaries
Epilogue
An update on changes, both sad and marvelous, in the world of obituaries.
Essays
About Books
An avid reader’s wry take on books, past and present
Obituaries
One of a Kind: a tribute to Katharine Hepburn
A salute to the great actress from Life Book's Katharine Hepburn: 1907-2003
Talk about Pain: A Tribute to Marlon Brando
He was talented and careless and pain followed him wherever he hid.



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I'm happy to announce that THIS BOOK IS OVERDUE! will arrive in bookstores later this year.

In the coming months, I'll also talk about how to keep from being overwhelmed by the digital age, and how librarians saved me from technostress...

Stay tuned!


 
I wrote The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries after writing obituaries for Katharine Hepburn, Princess Diana, Jackie Onassis, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Marlon Brando for Life and other magazines. I've been a staff writer for Life and an editor for Esquire. My articles, reviews, essays, and poetry have appeared in many publications. My book about librarians and archivists in the digital age, This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All will be published in December.


NEWS

Interview with Ann Wroe of The Economist
NPR's Leonard Lopate Show

Interview with Jean Feraca &
Ann Wroe of the Economist
NPR's Here on Earth

Barnes & Noble Interview
Marilyn Johnson

The Dead Beat honored:

Borders Original Voice

Barnes & Noble
Discover Prize finalist

Amazon Best Books of 2006
Top 10 Editors' Picks: Nonfiction


2007 Washington Irving
Book Selection

San Francisco Chronicle
Best Books of 2006

Haiku Journalism
by Marilyn Johnson
in The New York Times Book Review

The Check I Cherished
by Marilyn Johnson
in Chronogram

Just Under Twenty Questions
by Claire Zulkey
www.Zulkey.com

Bringing the Dead to Life
by Bob Chaundy
BBC News Online

Death is the Story of Their Lives
by Craig Wilson
USA Today


Look for
THE DEAD BEAT

in paperback with a new epilogue from Harper Perennial in the U.S. and from Souvenir Press in the U.K.