Deborah Bodin Cohen is an American writer and rabbi. Among other honors, she won a 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award.
Cohen was born in 1968, in Columbia, Maryland. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Michigan. In 1997, she was ordained at Hebrew Union College.
Cohen is married and has at least one child.
Awards +Awards for Cohen's writing Year Work Award Result 2006Seventh DaySydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookNotable2006Lilith's ArkNational Jewish Book Award for Family LiteratureWinner 2007Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen ReaderNotable2008Papa JethroSydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookNotable2009Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah RideSydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookHonor2010Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to SwimSydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookHonor2011Engineer Air and the Sukkah ExpressSydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookNotable2025An Etrog from Across the SeaSydney Taylor Book Award for Picture BookWinner
Publications
Picture books
Engineer Ari books
Standalone books
Young adult books
Other
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