Jamie Beth Cohen

Jamie Beth Cohen writes about difficult things, but her friends think she’s funny. She is a past winner of Lancaster (PA) Story Slam and her writing has appeared in TeenVogue.com, The Washington Post/On Parenting, Salon, and several other outlets. Her debut novel, Wasted Pretty, will be published in April 2019 by Black Rose Writing. Set in Pittsburgh in 1992, Wasted Pretty is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who faces wanted and unwanted attention when she inadvertently goes from blending in to standing out.
Jamie’s favorite job was scooping ice cream when she was sixteen years old. She thinks everything about sixteen was wonderful, except all the stuff that was horrible. Find her tweeting @Jamie_Beth_S