Jon Cohen (writer)

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Jon Cohen
Occupation(s)Novelist, screenwriter

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. He published four books: Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger (1991), [2] The Man in the Window (first published in 1992 [3] and then reissued 2013 by Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries [4] ), Dentist Man (1993), and Harry's Trees (2018). [5] He received a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1991. [6] In 2002, he won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for his work on Minority Report, sharing the award with co-writer Scott Frank.

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References

  1. Pfefferman, Naomi (2002-06-27). "The Accidental Screenwriter | Arts". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  2. Cohen, Jon. "Max Lakeman And The Beautiful Stranger: A Novel by Jon Cohen - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  3. Jon Cohen. "The Man In The Window by Jon Cohen - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  4. results, search (2013-09-24). The Man in the Window. Lake Union Publishing. ISBN   9781477848937.
  5. "Goodreads Author page, Jon Cohen (writer)". Goodreads. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)