Kerry Cohen

Kerry Cohen (born September 15, 1970, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American author. She also writes as Kerry Cohen Hoffmann.

Kerry Cohen
Born	(1970-09-15) September 15, 1970 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
Occupation	Author
Education	University of Oregon (MFA) Pacific University (MA) California Southern University (PsyD)
Website
www.kerry-cohen.com

Cohen grew up in suburban New Jersey. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon, a MA in counseling psychology from Pacific University, and a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) from California Southern University. A counselor (LPC Intern) and writing instructor, she lives with her children and boyfriend in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, based on her own promiscuity during her teens. In 2006, she published Easy, a young adult novel.”Lush” 2018

She teaches creative writing for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City, the Red Earth low-residency MFA at Oklahoma City University, and the low-residency MFA at Goddard College.

Bibliography

• The Truth of Memoir: How To Write About Yourself and Others with Honesty, Emotion, and Integrity (Writer's Digest Books, 2014)
• Easy (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
  • 2006 ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults and 2006 Oregon Book Award finalist
• Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity (Hyperion, 2008)
• The Good Girl (Delacorte, 2008)
• It's Not You, It's Me (Delacorte, 2009)
  • 2010 Oregon Book Award finalist
• Seeing Ezra (Seal Press, 2011)
• Dirty Little Secrets (Sourcebooks, 2011)
• Spent (Seal Press, 2014)
• . “Lush” (Sourcebooks, 2018)

External links

• Official site