David Kessler is becoming one of the most well-known experts and lecturers on grief and loss today, reaching hundreds of thousands of people through his books. According to David Kessler, best-selling author of the new book, VISIONS, TRIPS, AND CROWDED ROOMS: Who and What You See Before You Die (May 2010), there is a better way to die. His experience with thousands of dying patients, and the medical professionals that treated them, reveals evidence that will comfort both the dying and grieving alike; that our final hours are filled with fullness rather than emptiness, and that what looks like a loss to the living is really a moment of arrival to the dying. David Kessler co-authored two best sellers with the legendary Elisabeth Kübler Ross. His first book,is often the #1 best selling hospice book and received praise from Mother Teresa. His services have been used by such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marianne Williamson, Alana Stewart when their loved ones faced life-challenging illnesses. He also worked with Anthony Perkins and Michael Landon when they faced their own death.

His volunteer work includes serving as a member of the Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Team and as a Specialist Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department, on its trauma team. He also is chairperson for the Hospital Association of Southern California Palliative Care Committee.  He is often the first person called when the media needs an expert on grief. His work has been discussed in the “Los Angeles Times,” the “New York Times,” “Business Week” and “Life Magazine,” and has been featured on CNN-Cross Fire, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, and “Entertainment Tonight.” He has written for the Boston Globe, Anderson Cooper 360 and The SF Chronicle. He has also been interviewed on “Oprah & Friends” and now writes book reviews for The Los Angeles Times.  Please visit www.grief.com for more information on David Kessler and his books.