Alice Eve Cohen (Creative Writing MFA program, 1999) has just published a new book What I Thought I Knew. After having a profile article in the July 11th edition of the New York Times and being chosen by O Magazine as one of the top 25 summer reads, the book quickly become a best seller.

What I Thought I Knew is a personal and medical odyssey beyond anything most women would believe possible. At age 44, Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she was engaged to an inspiring man, joyfully raising her adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Alice tells her fiancé that she’s never been happier. And then the stomach pains begin.

In her unflinchingly honest and ruefully witty voice, Cohen nimbly carries us through her metamorphosis from a woman who has come to terms with infertility to one who struggles to love a heartbeat found in her womb—six months into a high-risk pregnancy.

Alice Eve Cohen is a playwright, solo theater artist, and memoirist. She has written for Nickelodeon and PBS and received fellowships and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.