Deborah Copaken Kogan

About the Author

Deborah Copaken Kogan is a writer, journalist, and photographer. She writes comedy, humor, fiction, and nonfiction books. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent her childhood in Adelphi before moving to Potomac, Maryland. The author attended Harvard University and has worked as a photographer in France, Zurich, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Romania, the Soviet Union, Israel, and other places worldwide. She has worked for the ABC, where she wrote the story on the 1994 Amtrak Train accident- the story won an Emmy. The book’s title comes from her job as a photographer during her early adulthood when she lived among writers, artists, liberals, and literati on Manhattan’s Upper West Side before moving to India to be with her husband while working as a producer of television docum. Deborah Copaken Kogan is the author of over 6 books across 2 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Standalone Novels series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Deborah Copaken Kogan has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.