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.

I Am Woman, Hair Me Roar Jan 20, 2026

When you have short hair, it is inevitable that you will spend an inordinate amount of time growing your hair out, and then getting fed up and cutting it again. I have been down this hair-brained road several dozen times before, complaining for month... Read More

For Whom the Toilet Paper Rolls Jan 13, 2026

"Can you pick up some more tissues at the supermarket?" I asked my husband. "I'm not going out right now," he replied. "Just use toilet paper." I looked at him aghast. "I can't do that," I said. "It'll scratch my nose." "Does it scratch your butt?" "... Read More

The Case of the Car and the Spider Jan 06, 2026

One day my son was visiting, and he needed to go to the bank, so I offered to drive him. We had just gotten down our street when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It was descending on a thread from the roof of my car just left of the s... Read More

The Clock/Scale Collusion Dec 30, 2025

My scale and my alarm clock are in cahoots. It started when both our old scale and clock suddenly died. They'd had good, long electronic lives but finally gave up the ghost and went to that great appliance resting place in the sky. They had been anal... Read More

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