Tzi­po­rah Cohen has an MD from Har­vard Med­ical School and an MFA in Writ­ing for Chil­dren and Young Adults from Ver­mont Col­lege of Fine Arts. Her debut nov­el, No Vacan­cy, was a Syd­ney Tay­lor Book Award Hon­or Book and was a final­ist for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award. She lives in Toron­to, Cana­da with her hus­band and three children.