--- title: Shoshana Berger | TIME description: Berger is the co-author with BJ Miller of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. She is the editorial director of the global design firm IDEO and formerly the cofounder and editor-in-chief of ReadyMade magazine. She has written for The New York Times, Wired, Popular Science, SPIN, and Marie Claire. canonical: https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Shoshana Berger ## Shoshana Berger Berger is the co-author with BJ Miller of [A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Beginners-Guide-to-the-End/BJ-Miller/9781501157165). She is the editorial director of the global design firm IDEO and formerly the cofounder and editor-in-chief of _ReadyMade_ magazine. She has written for _The New York Times_, _Wired_, _Popular Science_, SPIN, and _Marie Claire_. ## Shoshana Berger *  Aug 1, 2019 ### [Why You Need to Make a 'When I Die' File—Before It's Too Late](https://time.com/5640494/why-you-need-to-make-a-when-i-die-file-before-its-too-late/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/","name":"Shoshana Berger"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/"},"name":"Shoshana Berger","jobTitle":null,"description":"Berger is the co-author with BJ Miller of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. She is the editorial director of the global design firm IDEO and formerly the cofounder and editor-in-chief of ReadyMade magazine. She has written for The New York Times, Wired, Popular Science, SPIN, and Marie Claire.","url":"https://time.com/author/shoshana-berger/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```