He has written for Playboy, Reason, Discover, Radar, Huffington Post, Jewcy and New York Press. He has been featured by the New York Times, the New York Post, ABCNews.com, MSNBC, Fox News Channel and National Public Radio. In 2003 Hunter S. Thompson called him a "morbid little bastard."
Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Beckerman lives in New York City.