Events › Author Event: Jessica Ferri

Join author Jessica Ferri for a fascinating discussion of her book, Silent Cities: San Francisco, Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries. Chronicling the impact of cemeteries on American cities through the gold-rush development of San Francisco: the relocation of existing cemeteries and prohibition of burials within the city limits at the turn of the century, spawning America's first necropolis, the tiny town of Colma, and the culture of a place where death is exiled.

Jessica Ferri is a writer and photographer based in Northern California. She is the author of Silent Cities New York, Silent Cities San Francisco, Buried Hollywoodland: The Cemeteries of Los Angeles and Buried San Francisco Bay Area: The Fallen Star.

She is the founder of the feminist bookshop and imprint Womb House Books.