Stephanie Kaplan Cohen lives in Westchester, New York. Her work has appeared on NPR, in numerous literary magazines, university presses, anthologies and newspapers (including the New York Times). Stephanie is a proud member of the Authors Guild, and the Stephanie is an editor of the Westchester Review. Her memoir In My Mother's House was published by Woodley. Her poetry book Additions and Subtractions was published by Plain View Press and was nominated for a Pushcart prize.
She has held positions as an elementary education teacher, a medical social worker, a teacher/therapist of emotionally disturbed children in the public schools of New York City, a social worker in Family Court, as well as a desk clerk on a Commodity Exchange. Additionally, Stephanie has enjoyed a life-long commitment to community service. She served as President of the Mental Health Division of Lexington School for the Deaf and as President of Westchester and Putnam County Alzheimer's Association. Stephanie served in numerous
other volunteer positions, including vice-president of American Jewish Committee of Westchester and United Jewish Appeal of Westchester. Charles, of beloved memory, and Stephanie are the parents of three children, three in-law children, and nine grandchildren, all of whom are exceptional in all ways.