Joy Neighbors
As an avowed “Tombstone Tourist,” Joy Neighbors has an avid interest in cemeteries, history, and genealogy. She is the author of The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide, and has written the popular cemetery blog, “A Grave Interest,” for more than a decade. Once a former journalist and broadcaster, Joy is now a freelance magazine writer and playwright. She has just finished a full-length play about a Kentucky civil rights activist and is seeking production for another play about a Kentucky pioneer heroine. (Both theatre plays came about due to hints on tombstones.) She is also a national cemetery speaker, podcaster, and editor of the Indiana Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal. Joy has an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently working on two books. The first is about fraternal organizations and their secrets, and another deals with Bourbon, whiskey, and war. Joy lives in the Hoosier National Forest near Louisville, Kentucky with her family.