Kitty Sheehan writes, edits, and teaches.

She writes personal essays, memoir, obituaries, and marketing copy for restaurants, resorts, food brands, writers, shops, and funeral homes. Her publishing credits include anthologies, magazines, and several websites. In addition to editing novels, children’s books, and memoirs, Kitty teaches online editing classes.

Putting her experience as a freelance obituary writer and teacher to work, Kitty co-founded The Healing Obituary, an obituary writing seminar for funeral home staffs and other interested groups.

A major highlight for Kitty was chatting about obits with Conan O’Brien on his podcast, Conan Needs a Fan. Have a listen and a few laughs.

Check out her Substack, Man-pleasing Recipes, centered on a theme she’s explored from many angles: women’s fashion magazine ads of the 70s.

Kitty produced and directed the theater event, “Man-pleasing Recipes!” in 2018 in upstate New York, and plans future productions of the show. Listen, as she previewed it with Jimmy Buff on New York’s Radio Kingston.

Sharing her writing and her experience as a writer, Kitty was a cast member for two writers’ productions at the Charles Wood Theater in Glens Falls, NY, and a panelist at writing events in Minnesota, Iowa, Pennsylvania, upstate NY, and New York City.

On Kitty’s list of top ten great experiences is serving as editorial director and workshop instructor for the Woodstock Bookfest, an annual event held each spring in Woodstock, NY.

A former Minneapolis elementary teacher, corporate trainer, and graphic designer, Kitty is a native Iowan, but when she and her husband discovered New York’s Hudson Valley, they found home for 15 years. In 2025, they migrated back to the Midwest.

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“Kitty’s unique creative style allows her to see a project from different angles, using a wondrous variety of artistic expressions. Her intelligent insight and discerning eye were invaluable to me. She is a great listener and captured precisely what I was looking for.” ~ Tom Mischke, The Mischke Roadshow