Sherry Coben

Sherry Coben (born 1954 or 1955) is an American writer who created the 1980s situation comedy Kate & Allie and the webseries Little Women, Big Cars.

Early life
Coben grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and attended Cherry Hill High School West, graduating in 1971. She attended both Swarthmore College and Cornell University.

Career
Coben started her media career in the art department at KYW-TV. Her first TV writing work was on the 1979-1980 children's show Hot Hero Sandwich, for which she received an Emmy Award. She then wrote for Ryan's Hope before selling her first pilot script, which became the series ''Kate & Allie.

Personal life
Coben married film editor Pat McMahon. Their long-distance relationship inspired Coben's second pilot, Love Long Distance, about a couple divided between Philadelphia and New York; the pilot was shot but not picked up for a series.