About Tracy Beckerman

Tracy Beckerman

Tracy Beckerman is an award-winning author, speaker, and writer of the syndicated humor column, “Lost in Suburbia.” In her pre-mom days, she created TV and radio scripts for Lifetime Television, WCBS-TV, CBS, NBC, and more. Her honors for writing include the Writer’s Guild of America award and a New York Emmy, as well as a National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for humor writing, and the Global Humor Award Winner of the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and her dog, Bowie.

Getting Some Skin in the Game Jun 23, 2026

As spring moves into summer, one of the things I can be confident of is that my chances of getting exposed to poison ivy go up significantly. For some reason, this seems to be a challenge for me every summer. It has happened every year like clockwork... Read More

Blue Skies Shining at Me Jun 16, 2026

"Honey, do we have any sunscreen?" my husband asked. "Yes," I responded. "I bought, like, a case of it years ago." "You know that stuff expires, right?" I actually didn't. I thought sunscreen lasted forever, like Twinkies and Dick Van Dyke. So when I... Read More

Chew on This Jun 09, 2026

When I was a kid, we had a Siberian husky named Sasha. My dad decided on a Siberian husky because he wanted a dog that had blue eyes like he did. Not that he's shallow or anything. Sasha was a chewer. He wasn't just a dog toy chewer or bone chewer. S... Read More

Going in Circles Jun 02, 2026

Given the choice between using a regular door and a revolving door, I always choose the regular door. I've been that way since birth. OK, maybe not birth — I'm fairly certain there was no revolving door where I made my way into the world. But f... Read More

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