Jump to content

Tracy McMillan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tracy McMillan
Born (1964-09-12) September 12, 1964 (age 60)
United States
OccupationWriter
Websitetracymcmillan.com

Tracy McMillan (born September 12, 1964) is an American author, television writer and self-proclaimed relationship expert.[1]

Background

[edit]

McMillan is known for the 2011 viral blog post "Why You're Not Married," which for two years was the most-viewed article on HuffPost.[2] She also wrote a book based on it, Why You're Not Married... Yet (Ballantine, 2012). Her screenwriting credits include Mad Men, Necessary Roughness, Chase, Life on Mars, and The United States of Tara.[3] She won the 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards for Dramatic Series for Mad Men, along with other writers of the series.[4]

As a relationship expert, she's made numerous television and radio appearances, including as a matchmaker on the NBC dating reality show Ready for Love,[2] as well as The Today Show, Katie, Bethenny, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, and Oprah's Super Soul Sunday.[5]

She is biracial and the daughter of an African-American father and White mother.[6]

McMillan is the author of a memoir I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway (It! Books, 2010) and her debut novel, You'll Know It When You See It, published by Gallery in 2015. She lives in Los Angeles, and continues to write occasionally for the Huffington Post.[7]

Works

[edit]

Bibliography

[edit]
  • McMillan, Tracy. I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway: A Memoir, It Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0061724596
  • McMillan, Tracy. Why You're Not Married . . . Yet: The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve, Ballantine Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0345532923

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tracy McMillan OWN Network's Ready for Love - Tracy McMillan Dating Mistakes". Cosmopolitan. April 8, 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  2. ^ a b "Fan of Marriage Makes a Commitment". New York Times. April 26, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tracy McMillan". IMDB. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. ^ "Previous Nominees & Winners: 2011 Awards Winners". Writers Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  5. ^ "Oprah and Tracy McMillan on Love and Marriage". Super Soul Sunday, OWN TV. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  6. ^ "Relationship expert Tracy McMillan plucks from real life in debut novel". Chicago Tribune. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  7. ^ "Tracy McMillan". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  8. ^ "Family or Fiance". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
[edit]