Joan Cohen

Originally from Mount Vernon, NY, Joan Cohen received her BA from Cornell University School of Arts and Sciences and her MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business. She pursued a career in sales, strategic relations, marketing and executive level management at technology companies and after retirement returned to school for an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of the novels Land of Last Chances and The Deepfake, as well as Aging is Murder, published in 2026.

She has been a Massachusetts resident for many years, first living in Newton, where she raised her family, and later in Wayland. She now resides in Stockbridge, in the Berkshires, with her husband and latest canine addition.