J. H. Harrington, Author

j. h. harrington has spent his entire life with death. a fifth-generation funeral director and embalmer, j. grew up in a funeral home, where the divide between life and death was scarcely more than a veil. at the harringtons, grown-ups spoke openly about grave matters from which other parents might have shielded young ears. and kids entertained themselves on wheeled casket carts fashioned into race cars. for j., this unorthodox upbringing fostered a bedside manner that’s as comfortable as it is comforting, and a sense of humor that straddles the line between deadpan and macabre. with an advanced degree in thanatology — the study of death, dying, and bereavement — j. h. harrington is both an industry expert and the life of the party.