KERRY COHEN is the author of nine books, including the bestselling Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity; Seeing Ezra: A Mother's Story of Autism, Unconditional Love; The Meaning of Normal; The anthology Spent: Exposing Women's Complicated Relationship to Shopping; and The Truth of Memoir: How to Write about Yourself and Others with Honesty, Emotion, and Integrity. She has appeared on Dr. Phil and Good Morning America, and has had her essays featured in The New York Times Modern Love series and The Washington Post. She has a psychotherapy practice and lives with her family in Portland, OR.