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About the Photo
This picture was printed on the back of the 1983 Morrison, Raven-Hill edition of Unlock Your Money Personality, and was taken by Brian L. Forbes.
This is an interesting photo. It's a lovely picture of Lydia, and a nice one of a subtly smiling Van. I've been informed by the photographer himself that this is one of a large number of photos taken outside their house and Forest J. Ackerman's house, specifically to adorn the back cover of the book.
Biographical Sketch
Not nearly as much is known about Lydia as is known about Edna Mayne Hull. However, there are a few known details about her life.
Lydia Bereginsky was born on April 18th, 1927 in Vienna, Austria. (I know nothing more of her early life.) She was previously married to a man with the surname Brayman, and they had at least two children. One of them, Gregory, wrote an outline for a proposed sequel to Slan in the early nineties.
Her colorful assortment of careers includes modeling and being a court interpreter specializing in Russian. It was in this later capacity that Van came to know her. In the late 70s he was doing research into the major languages of the world, a project that in part resulted in the No-Time series of language-learning tapes. Part of his research involved finding native speakers through classified ads in Los Angeles newspapers, and then tape-recording samples of the spoken language. Lydia answered such an ad, and in the course of her recording sessions they became friends, a relationship that carried them into marriage.
Beginning in the early 90s Van's Alzheimer's symptoms and poor health seriously handicapped him. She took up the role of dealing with fan mail, arranging convention appearances, caring for him, and accompanying him wherever he went. A compassionate and generous woman, she was widowed on January 26th, 2000 when Van died from pneumonia-related causes.
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