Victoria Zackheim is author of The Bone Weaver, a novel, and the editor of five anthologies- The Other Woman, which was on the national bestseller list in Canada for several weeks, For Keeps, The Face in the Mirror, and He Said What?. Her play based on five essays from The Other Woman will begin a six-week theater run in summer 2012. Zackheim teaches Personal Essay in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences, non-profit educational and philanthropic organizations, and book fairs. A 2010 San Francisco Library Laureate, she is actively involved in social media including Facebook, Goodreads, Redroom, Shewrites, and the AARP Writers Forum. A graduate of UCLA (BA) and San Francisco State University (MA), she lives in San Francisco.
From beloved husbands to difficult mothers and more, this moving and often fiercely funny collection illuminates with grace, humor, and a few belly laughs the way someone's death can change our lives. --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of Pictures of You <br> <br> In a culture where the discussion of death is basically taboo, the authors in Exit Laughing relate their stories with candor, compassion, love, and yes, humor. A perfect mix of gravitas and levity to the subject nobody wants to talk about: mortality. As funny and poignant as Harold and Maude , Exit Laughing makes it clear that even the Grim Reaper will put on a monkey face and maybe even giggle, when tickled. --Sara Pritchard, author of Crackpots and Help Wanted: Female<br> <br> I love this anthology! Absorbing, poignantly moving, but most of all, profoundly life-affirming. --Sandra Gulland, best-selling author, Mistress of the Sun and The Josephine B. Trilogy