Kerry Cohen
Kerry Cohen is an American author. She also writes as Kerry Cohen Hoffmann.
Cohen grew up in suburban New Jersey. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and an MA in counseling psychology from Pacific University. A counselor 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.
She teaches creative writing for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City and the Red Earth low-residency MFA program.
