Leslie Cohen is a native New Yorker. After receiving her B.A. and M.A. degrees in cultural anthropology, she taught at the University of Alaska for three years. Then she moved to Los Angeles where she met her husband. They spent an extended honeymoon traveling through Europe and ended up on Kibbutz Ein Hashofet. Twenty-seven years and three children later, they are still there. Leslie teaches English in college and has published many poems, short stories and articles. Her first book, Facets of the Poet was published in 2001. Her biography of a Holocaust survivor, called Trapped Inside the Story, was published by Level 4 Press, 2007.