Loren Rhoads is a US based committed taphophile or cemetery enthusiast, and has written several brilliant, informative books on cemeteries, in the US and further afield.   These include:

• 199 Cemeteries to see before you die
• 222 Cemeteries to see before you die
• Wish you Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel
• Death’s Garden Revisited, Personal Relationships with Cemeteries

She is an absolute doyenne in the taphophile world and Loren’s latest, ‘Still Wish you Were Here: More Adventures in Cemetery Travel’ is being crowdfunded on Kickstarter.  The backing has already exceeded the requested amount which means that Loren can achieve even more with her book.

In her accompanying video Loren describes ‘Still Wish You Were Here’ as being:

‘part travel memoir, part cemetery history with 36 graveyard travel essays written for various organisations and publications.’ 

She visited 50 burial sites from Michigan, to London, Singapore, Barcelona, Tokyo and more and has confessed to ‘absolutely loving cemeteries and their stories.’ She finds cemeteries as inspiring as I do .  Check out her video at:

Still Wish You Were Here: More Adventures in Cemetery Travel by Loren Rhoads — Kickstarter

I was one of the people who were invited to take part in  ‘Death’s Garden Revisited: Personal  Relationships with Cemeteries’ which was also successfully funded on Kickstarter.  It was a fabulous looking book and I was proud to be part of it and to read other essays by fellow taphophiles.  So, I have every faith in Loren creating another terrific book on cemeteries and have backed it myself!  But don’t take my word for it – this is what the Association for Gravestone Studies have said:

Every little helps and there are several ‘rewards’ for different levels of backing including a cemetery party!   So please, if you are a fellow taphophile and are able to , please consider supporting Loren’s book – if anyone can do it she can!