Born in Canada to Jamaican immigrant parents, Hohn grew up and currently lives in
Toronto,
Ontario, where she is an elementary school teacher. At age 6, she began writing and illustrating her own books. As a high school student, she wrote for her school paper, and later began contributing to university and community newspapers. At age 20, she obtained an internship in New York City, writing articles for
Psychology Today. Hohn's debut picture book, ''Malaika's Costume
, was published in 2016. The book, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher, tells the story of a young girl preparing to celebrate Carnival in the Caribbean, while her mother is away working in Canada. The manuscript for Malaika's Costume'' won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children's Story Award, which recognizes diversity in children's literature. In a follow-up, ''Malaika's Winter Carnival,
the protagonist adapts to a new life in Canada. A Kirkus'' review of the book wrote that Hohn "contrasts Caribbean and Canadian cultures tenderly, with deep understanding of both". From 2016 to 2017, Hohn went to teach in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and travel. During this time, she worked on drafts of
Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighter, an early reader published by Harper Collins Children's Books in 2018. In 2019, Hohn's picture book biography of Jamaican poet
Louise Bennett Coverley,
A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice, was published by
Owlkids. It was named one of the best Canadian children's books of 2019 by
CBC Books. Hohn has instructed creative writing for children courses at the University of Toronto School for Continuing Studies (UTSCS), University of Guelph Open University, and Centennial College. She has presented at schools, libraries, conferences, festivals, and bookstores in Jamaica, Trinidad, UAE, UK, US, and across Canada. == Works ==