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Jon Cohen is an American novelist and screenwriter. As a screenwriter he is best known for his co-writing contribution to the Steven Spielberg-directed film Minority Report (2002). [1] A native of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Cohen worked as a critical care nurse in Philadelphia before becoming a writer.
Cohen's novel is in many ways about generosity, but it's also generous in its telling, as it allows each character's story to take root and spring to life, building a narrative as rich and interwoven as the forests Harry loves.
A former critical care nurse, Jon Cohen is the author of the novels Harry's Trees, The Man in the Window and Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger.
A former critical care nurse, Jon Cohen is the author of the novels Harry's Trees, The Man in the Window and Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger. He is the recipient of a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and is the co-writer of the film "Minority Report," directed by Steven Spielberg.
A former critical care nurse, Jon Cohen is the author of "The Man in the Window" and "Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger." Jon is the recipient of a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and is the co-writer of the film "Minority Report," directed by Steven Spielberg. His latest novel is "Harry's Trees."
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One that will make you laugh and that will break—and remake—your heart. "An off-beat love story...alternately deeply moving and laugh-aloud funny." -- Good Housekeeping. "Jon Cohen conjures magic, weaving a gentle romantic fantasy of piercing and eccentric beauty." -- Boston Globe. purchase.
I’m a staff writer with Science, and have published widely in other magazines and newspapers. I have also published four nonfiction books on scientific topics. I was senior editor at the Washington City Paper from 1986 to 1990, the year I began writing for Science.
