ABOUT
Leslie Cohen was born and raised in New York. She studied English and creative writing at Columbia University. Inspired by a combination of Jack Kerouac, James Joyce and Sex and the City, she composed many brooding personal essays that she hopes nobody remembers. Her first job was at a magazine called Outdoor Life, where she wrote about hunting and fishing, even though she knew very little about either. While working there, she received an unlimited supply of beef jerky and camouflaged clothing, which didn’t really suit her Manhattan lifestyle. So she moved to Colorado and penned a weekly music column for the Aspen Daily News, which was widely read, despite only occasionally referencing the subject of music. Upon returning to New York, she began writing fiction. She is the author of This Love Story Will Self-Destruct and My Ride or Die. She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband and two children.
