Ilene beckerman biography

PERSONAL: Born June 15, 1935, in New York, NY; married and divorced twice; children: Isabelle Beckerman Edelman, Lillie Beckerman Bryen, Michael, Joseph, Julie. Education: Simmons College, graduated.

ADDRESSES: Home—Hampton, NJ.

CAREER: MDB & A (advertising agency), Bernardsville, NJ, past vice president; currently retired.

Author and illustrator; public speaker. After college held various jobs at Harvard University.

WRITINGS:

(And illustrator) Love, Loss, and What I Wore (memoir), Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC), 1995.

(And illustrator) What We Do for Love, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC), 1997.

(And illustrator) Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC), 2000.

Makeovers at the Beauty Counter of Happiness, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC), 2005.

Contributor to periodicals, including Los Angeles Ti