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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). A native of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Cohen worked as a critical care nurse in Philadelphia before becoming a writer.
Jon Cohen earned his B.A. in science writing from the University of California, San Diego. He is a senior correspondent with Science and has published widely in other magazines and newspapers—including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Outside, Slate, Wired, and Surfer —as well as ...
Bio. 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.
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.
“Life, death, love, loneliness, and grief are the building blocks of Jon Cohen's wondrous new novel, along with nonstop action, humor and a broad cast of characters whose actions converge like a perfectly crafted jigsaw puzzle."
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.
Oct 22, 2022 · By Jon Cohen. Just because information is difficult to obtain, it doesn’t mean that the obtained information is particularly meaningful—or accurate. I plan to discuss this today at Science Writers 2022, a meeting organized by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.
Jon Cohen is the author of Shots in the Dark and Coming to Term. He is a correspondent at the internationally renowned Science magazine and has also written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Discover, Smithsonian, and Slate.
Apr 17, 2020 · In his presentation, Cohen focused on the race to find a vaccine against the coronavirus. In his reporting for Science, he and other journalists explore potential treatments and vaccines as well as the course of the disease, the patterns of spread around the world, and impacts on society.
