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Rachel Cohn

(b.1968)

Rachel grew up in the D.C. area and graduated from Barnard College with a B.A. in Political Science. She has written many YA novels, including three that she cowrote with her friend and colleague David Levithan. She lives and writes (when she's not reading other people's books, organizing her music library or looking for the best cappuccino) in New York City.

Genres: Young Adult Romance

Series

Cyd Charisse
   1. Gingerbread (2002)
   2. Shrimp (2005)
   3. Cupcake (2007)

Steps
1. The Steps (2003)
2. Two Steps Forward (2006)

Dash and Lily (with David Levithan)
   1. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (2010)
   2. The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily (2016)
   3. Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily (2020)

Beta
1. Beta (2012)
2. Emergent (2014)

Novels

   Pop Princess (2004)
   Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2006) (with David Levithan)
   Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2007) (with David Levithan)
   You Know Where to Find Me (2008)
   Very LeFreak (2009)
   Kill All Happies (2016)
   Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah (2018) (with David Levithan)
   My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life (2018)

Rachel Cohn recommends

The Mall (2020)
Megan McCafferty
"The Mall was to 1991 teenagers what the iPhone is to today’s generation: EVERYTHING. This delightful novel about that particular time and place is loaded with fun, warmth, intelligence, big hair and an even bigger heart. I loved it."

Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto (2010)
Eric Luper
"Delightful, funny, and true, Seth and his mainifesto will win your heart."

How to Say Goodbye in Robot (2009)
Natalie Standiford
"Dial in to this moving book. It's not like anything you've read before. I loved it."

More recommendations

Anthologies containing stories by Rachel Cohn

21 Proms (2007)
edited by
Daniel Ehrenhaft and David Levithan

Friends (2005)
Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, And Unexpectedly True Friends
edited by
David Levithan and Ann M Martin

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