The late < b> Barbara Lee Follett< /b> wrote the first< i> Check List for a Perfect Wedding< /i> following the marriage of her daughters in the 1950s, drawing on reader comments for the next four editions. Editing the new version with Follett's children, < b> Loulie Hyde Sutro< /b> is a writer, family friend, and recent mother-of-two-brides. She lives in Marin County, California.