Tui Snider

Author/Speaker

Tui Snider is an author and speaker who travels the world exploring cemeteries, while sharing what she learns by writing books and articles, leading tours, creating videos, and giving presentations. Tui’s work has been featured by numerous media outlets including Coast to Coast AM, ABC, NBC, LifeHack, TimeOut Travel, and many more.

Tui has written a dozen books, including "Understanding Cemetery Symbols," and "6 Feet Under Texas." Her books are carried by libraries, museums, and shops around the world, including the National Museum of Funeral History.

Tui enjoys speaking at conferences and special events, such as the UK Research Institute’s “Conference on Grieving.” She occasionally teaches classes based on her research at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas and has narrated cemetery-themed video projects for Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

This September, Tui is leading a 10-day tour through Italy's monumental cemeteries, while also visiting crypts, ossuaries, and Etruscan tombs along the way.

Since 2014, Tui has shared her travels and research through a newsletter focused on historic cemeteries. Subscribers learn about tombstone symbols, unique burial practices, as well as the stories behind unusual graves around the world, and other fascinating tidbits along the way. To sign up for Tui Snider’s Cemetery News or learn more about Tui Snider, please visit her website: TuiSnider.com.