Kerry Cohen (born September 15, 1970, in

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) is an American

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. She also writes as Kerry Cohen Hoffmann. Cohen grew up in suburban

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. She received an MFA in creative writing from the

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, a MA in

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from Pacific University, and a

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(PsyD) from

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. A counselor (LPC Intern) and writing instructor, she lives with her children and boyfriend in

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. She is the author of ''Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity'', based on her own

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during her teens. In 2006, she published ''Easy'', a young adult novel.”Lush” 2018 She teaches creative writing for

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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)

References

External links

Official site
1970 births Living people Writers from New Jersey University of Oregon alumni Pacific University alumni 21st-century American novelists American psychotherapists Writers from Portland, Oregon American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Oregon {{US-novelist-1970s-stub