Virginia A. Simpson

Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT is a bereavement care specialist and Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the United States and Canada. She is the Founder of The Mourning Star Center for grieving children and their families, which she ran from 1995 to 2005, and author of the memoir, The Space Between (She Writes Press, April 2016) about her journey caring for her ailing mother. Virginia has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. She holds a Fellowship in Thanatology from the Association of Death Education & Counseling (ADEC) and has been honored for her work by the cities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage. She lives in El Dorado Hills, California with her husband Bob and Golden Retriever Shelby.

The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life won the Sarton Women's Literary Award for best memoir, the Independent Press Award for Relationships, the ReaderViews 2016-2017 Literary Award for best memoir/biography/autobiography and best book in the Pacific West, is a Finalist in the Beverly Hills Book Awards and the Northern California Publishers & Authors Awards, and received an Honorable Mention from the 2016 Hollywood Book Festiva.