Rebecca Soffer

Rebecca Soffer is the co-founder of Modern Loss, a community and media platform offering candid, often funny conversation about grief, and the co-author of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome. Her second book is The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.

A former producer for The Colbert Report, she lost her mother in a car accident and her father a few years later, experiences that led her to build the resource she couldn't find. She writes and speaks widely on grief literacy in workplaces and communities, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and other national outlets.