Devan Sipher

Devan Sipher is a writer of the Vows wedding column in The New York Times and the author of the novels The Scenic Route and The Wedding Beat. He has also written for other publications, including The Forward and The Huffington Post. He graduated from the University of Michigan, received an M.F.A. from New York University, and he is a former junior cantor of Temple Israel.


Articles by Devan Sipher

A Legacy of Fear

I was biking recently in the foothills of the San Jacinto mountains in southern California, and I found myself far ...

The Path of a Wandering Jew

I never intended to write novels.I also never intended to write for The New York Times. When I was 17, I ...

6 Things I Learned Writing About Weddings For The New York Times

My first novel,  The Wedding Beat , was loosely based on my experience as a single Jewish guy writing the ...