Cooper earned an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University.
Lipshitz Six received significant positive critical attention, including a positive review in The New York Times Book Review[2] and placements on both Time Out New York's list of "25 New Yorkers to Keep an Eye On in 2006" and Out's "100 Men and Women Who Rocked 2006" list.
Cooper also edited the anthology A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing (Akashic Books, 2006).
Cooper's shorter writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including The New Yorker,[3] One Story, The New York Times, The New York Times Style Magazine, Esquire, The Guardian, The Believer, Poets & Writers, Electric Literature, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Brooklyn Review, Bomb, Portland Review, Document Journal, Columbia Journal, and several others.
[7] He lives with his wife author Allison Glock and their two daughters, splitting time between New York City and Atlanta,[8] where he is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University.