Jamie Beckman's Biography
Member Info
New York City
Jul 2010
Jamie Beckman is a writer and editor who has braved the dating scene and experienced firsthand all of the hope, elation, and heartbreak that goes along with it. (And she wouldn’t change a thing.) The Frisky 30-Day Breakup Guide is her first book.
Jamie graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has written about relationships, health, and lifestyle trends for publications including Men's Journal, Men's Health, Best Life, First for Women, and Better Homes and Gardens.
She has also written for Publishers Weekly, CNN.com, CMJ.com, SheKnows.com, Crushable.com, Knot Magazine, and Two Drink Minimum magazine, and judged the 2008 and 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel awards.
She lives in New York City.
Influences
Rona Jaffe, Jennifer Egan, Jennifer Weiner, Helen Fielding, Anais Nin
Upcoming Works
The Frisky 30-Day Breakup Guide
Recommended Links
Publishers
Ulysses Press
Interests & Hobbies
Reading (of course!), writing, singing karaoke, traveling to beachy places, baking/cooking, drinking wine, watching bad reality television
About Jamie
Jamie Beckman is a writer and editor who has braved the dating scene and experienced firsthand all of the hope, elation, and heartbreak that goes along with it. (And she wouldn’t change a thing.) The Frisky 30-Day Breakup Guide is her first book.
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Causes Jamie Beckman Supports
RAINN, San Francisco Night Ministry
Jamie’s Favorite Books
The Best of Everything, The Bell Jar, 1984, The Frog King, Good in Bed, Bridget Jones' Diary, Look At Me, The Stranger