Paula Marantz Cohen is the author of many popular novels including The UglyDuckling, The Smell of Other People’s Houses, and two books in the My Favorite Murder series. She has edited and contributed to numerous anthologies, including The Smell of Other People’s Houses: An Anthology of Fiction Inspired by Real Cases and Real Murders and The New York Times bestselling collection of essays I Love You: Reasons to Say It Proudly and True: Short Stories About True Love. Her writing has been awarded The National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
What we find to love or to hate comes to us as a substitute for something else.Paula Marantz Cohen
It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives.Paula Marantz Cohen
