Leah Hager Cohen

Leah Hager Cohen, a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, established herself as a serious writer in 1994 with her nonfiction book, Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World. Chosen by the American Library Association as one of the best books of 1994, Inside a Deaf World details what it was like toon meer growing up as a hearing child around deaf children. Cohen's first fiction novel, Heat Lightning, is a coming-of-age story told from the point of view of two sisters, ages eleven and twelve, who have to deal with the death of their parents. (Bowker Author Biography) Leah Hager Cohen earned a BA in writing at Hampshire College & an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In addition to her non-fiction, she is the author of "Heat Lightning". She lives near Boston. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder