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Daniel Edward Cohen (born March 12, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American non-fiction writer who has produced over one-hundred books, mainly for young audiences.

Biography

Cohen attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with degree in journalism in 1958. After graduation he worked as a proofreader at Time, Inc. before becoming an editor for Science Digest. In 1969 he moved to upstate New York with his wife, Susan, to begin a career as a freelance children’s writer. The couple had one daughter, named Theodora.

Career

Cohen is best known for his paperbacks about UFO, ghosts, psychic phenomena, cryptozoology, and the occult. Though Cohen is a self-described skeptic and onetime member of CSICOP, his books on paranormal phenomena take a more light-hearted, open-minded stance and tend to avoid dogmatic debunking. Some of these books include The World of UFOs (1978), The Encyclopedia of Monsters (1981), The Great Airship Mystery (1981), How to Test Your ESP (1982), Phone Call from a Ghost (1988), Ghostly Tales of Love and Revenge (1992), and The Ghost of Elvis and Other Celebrity Spirits (1994). Cohen is also the author of the controversial Curses, Hexes and Spells (1974), which has appeared on several “banned books” lists due to its perceived advocacy of magic and witchcraft. Curses, Hexes, and Spells is number 73 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000..

Cohen has written on numerous other topics, including sports, history, dinosaurs, nature, technology, and folklore. He currently lives in New Jersey.

Pan Am 103

Cohen lost his daughter, Theodora, in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. He and his wife Susan cowrote a book about it, entitled Pam Am 103: The Bombing, The Betrayals, and a Bereaved Family's Search for Justice. They frequently advocate for the victims in the press as well.

In August 2009, Daniel and Susan Cohen decried the release of the bomber on grounds of compassion, saying "I cannot imagine having compassion for a mass murderer and terrorist who killed 270 people." Susan Cohen, in The Daily Telegraph adds, "You want to feel sorry for anyone, please feel sorry for me, feel sorry for my poor daughter, her body falling a mile through the air."

Selected Bibliography   more

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Total Books: 435
The Inglorious Years The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society
Contre la solitude sociale
2020 - Contre La Solitude Sociale (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782815937160
ISBN-10: 2815937166
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Infinite Desire for Growth
2018 - The Infinite Desire for Growth (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780691172538
ISBN-10: 0691172536
Genres: Business & Money, Politics & Social Sciences
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The Alumni Revolution
2016 - The Alumni Revolution (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781533420046
ISBN-10: 1533420041
Genre: Education & Teaching
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Homo Economicus The  Prophet of Modern Times
2014 - Homo Economicus the Prophet of Modern Times [Lost] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780745680125
ISBN-10: 0745680127
Genre: Business & Money
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Great Mistakes
2014 - Great Mistakes (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781590773468
ISBN-10: 1590773462
Genre: Children's Books
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Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the Nile
2014 - Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the Nile (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590773482
ISBN-10: 1590773489
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Hiram Bingham and the Dream of Gold
2014 - Hiram Bingham and the Dream of Gold (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781590773505
ISBN-10: 1590773500
Genre: Children's Books
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The Prosperity of Vice A Worried View of Economics
The Labyrinth of the Heart
2011 - The Labyrinth of the Heart (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780951385128
ISBN-10: 0951385127
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Politics & Social Sciences
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La prosperit del vizio Una breve storia dell'economia
2011 - La Prosperit Del VIzio Una Breve Storia Dell'economia (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788811741145
ISBN-10: 8811741149
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Three Lectures on PostIndustrial Society
2008 - Three Lectures on Postindustrial Society (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262033831
ISBN-10: 0262033836
Genre: Business & Money
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Globalization and Its Enemies
2007 - Globalization and Its Enemies (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780262532976
ISBN-10: 0262532972
Genres: Business & Money, Politics & Social Sciences
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The Ladder of Competitiveness How to Climb It
2006 - The Ladder of Competitiveness How to Climb It [Development Centre Studies] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789264028265
ISBN-10: 9264028269
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
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Trois leons sur la socit postindustrielle
2006 - Trois Leons Sur La Socit Postindustrielle (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782020851701
ISBN-10: 2020851709
Genre: Reference
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Globalisierung als politische Herausforderung
2006 - Globalisierung Als Politische Herausforderung (Other)
ISBN-13: 9783434506034
ISBN-10: 3434506039
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Our Modern Times  The Nature of Capitalism in the Information Age
2004 - Our Modern Times the Nature of Capitalism in the Information Age (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780262532631
ISBN-10: 0262532638
Genres: Business & Money, Nonfiction
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Arguments and Metaphors in Philosophy
2004 - Arguments and Metaphors in Philosophy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780761826774
ISBN-10: 0761826777
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The Official Price Guide to Movie Autographs and Memorabilia
2004 - The Official Price Guide to Movie Autographs and Memorabilia (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781400047314
ISBN-10: 1400047315
Genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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Our Modern Times The Nature of Capitalism in the Information Age
Hauntings  Horrors The Ultimate Guide to Spooky America
2002 - Hauntings Horrors the Ultimate Guide to Spooky America (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525469001
ISBN-10: 0525469001
Genres: Children's Books, Reference, Horror
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2002 - Cloning Revised Edition [Twenty-First Century Medical Library] (Hardcover)
2001 - George W Bush Family Bus [Gateway Biography] (Paperback)
2000 - Velociraptor [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
2000 - Tyrannosaurus Rex [The Bridgestone Science Library] (Other)
1999 - Conspiracy [Alien Files] (Other)
1999 - Contact (Other)
1999 - Raising the Dead [Nonfiction] (Paperback)
1998 - Contact [Alien Files] (Paperback)
1998 - Cloning (Hardcover)
1998 - Paranormal Powers [Secrets of the Unexplained, Group 1] (Other)
1998 - Watergate Deception in the White House [Spotlight on American History] (Hardcover)
1996 - Alaska Purchase The [Spotlight on American History] (Other)
1995 - Prohibition [Spotlight on American History] (Other)
1994 - Cults (Other)
1993 - What You Can Believe About Drugs [High School Help Line] (Paperback)
1992 - Teenage Stress [High School Help Line] (Paperback)
1992 - Where to Find Dinosaurs Today [Puffin Unicorn] (Paperback)
1992 - Six Pack and a Fake Id A [High School Help Line] (Paperback)
1992 - When Someone You Know Is Gay [High School Help Line] (Paperback)
1992 - Zoos (Hardcover)
1984 - Musicals (Other)Hardcover
1982 - Real Magic (Other)
1977 - The Body Snatchers [Weird & Horrible Library] (Paperback)
1977 - Magicians Wizards and Sorcerers [Weird & Horrible Library] (Paperback)
1977 - Curses Hexes and Spells [Weird & Horrible Library] (Paperback)
1977 - Esp the Search Beyond the Senses [A Voyager/HBJ book] (Paperback)
1971 - Superstition [A Creative understanding book] (Other)
Allosaurus and Other Jurassic Meateaters [Dinosaurs of North America] (Other)
Stegosaurus and Other Jurassic Planteaters [Dinosaurs of North America] (Other)
How to Buy a Car [A Triumph book] (Other)
Apatosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Pteranodon [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Stegosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)
Allosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Ankylosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Brachiosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Diplodocus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Ichthyosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Iguanodon [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback
Maiasaura [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
Pachycephalosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
Parasaurolophus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
Sarcosuchus Imperator [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Hardcover
Spinosaurus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
Troodon [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
Sarcosuchus [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Paperback)
Triceratops [Discovering Dinosaurs] (Paperback)
The Case of the Missing Poodle [Carolrhoda mini-mysteries] (Hardcover)
The Mystery of the Faded Footprint [Carolrhoda Mini-Mysteries] (Hardcover)
Mystery of the Mellafeller Elephant [A Carolrhoda mini-mystery] (Hardcover)
La Prosprit Du VIce [French Edition] (Paperback)
Psoas [Eaux derobees - French Edition] (Paperback)
Canceriade [French Edition] (Paperback)
El Silencio Del Nombre [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Nuestros Tiempos Modernos [Coleccion Kriterios, Politica, Economia y Sociedad - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)