Jerilyn Lee Brandelius (June 25, 1948 – August 31, 2020) [1][2][3] was an American writer and photographer and was known as the author of The Grateful Dead Family Album.

[citation needed] In 1968, Brandelius began working for Translove Airways Productions at the Hippodrome Ballroom in San Diego which led to her meeting members of the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Velvet Underground, Electric Flag, and more.

[6] In 1989, Brandelius published the book The Grateful Dead Family Album with cover art by Stanley Mouse.

The book was originally signed to a small publisher but re-signed and pushed into full production with Warner Bros. following Jerry Garcia's hospitalization and near fatal diabetic coma in 1986.

She appeared in American Experience, a television documentary series aired on PBS, in a 2007 episode titled "Summer of Love".