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Katy Butler

Author of 'Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death'

Katy Butler is the author of Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. A past finalist for the National Magazine Award, she has written for the New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. She lives in northern California, has spoken at Harvard Medical School, and curates the "Slow Medicine" group on Facebook.

Www.katybutler.com.

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