| Kerry Cohen | |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Pseudonym: | Kerry Cohen Hoffmann |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Education: | University of Oregon (MFA) Pacific University (MA) California Southern University (PsyD) |
Kerry Cohen (born September 15, 1970, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American author. She also writes as Kerry Cohen Hoffmann.
Cohen grew up in suburban New Jersey.[1] 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.[2] 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[3]
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.