Marya Cohn is an American screenwriter and director.

In 1994, Cohn directed the student short film Developing.

In 2013, Cohn began filming her feature film debut, The Girl in the Book starring Emily Vancamp in a semi-autobiographical film about a young book editor who is forced to work with a man who abused her as a teenager.

[3] It was acquired by Myriad Pictures and given a limited release in December 2015.

[6] In 2001, she married Dutch director Tjebbo Penning.