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    Richard Cohen

    Richard Cohen is the author of Chasing the Sun and How to Write Like Tolstoy. The former publishing director of two leading London publishing houses, Cohen has edited books that have won the Pulitzer, Booker, and Whitbread/Costa prizes, while twenty-one have been #1 bestsellers. Five times the U.K.’s national saber champion, Cohen was selected for the British Olympic fencing team in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984 and has been four times world veteran saber champion. He has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times Book Review.
    How to Write Like Tolstoy
    How to Write Like Tolstoy
    A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
    Richard Cohen
    9780812987737
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 04, 2021
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Chasing the Sun
    Chasing the Sun
    The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
    Richard Cohen
    9780812980929
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 13, 2011
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    By the Sword
    By the Sword
    A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
    Richard Cohen
    9780812969665
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 05, 2003
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Books

    How to Write Like Tolstoy
    How to Write Like Tolstoy
    A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
    Richard Cohen
    9780812987737
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 04, 2021
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Chasing the Sun
    Chasing the Sun
    The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
    Richard Cohen
    9780812980929
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 13, 2011
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    By the Sword
    By the Sword
    A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
    Richard Cohen
    9780812969665
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 05, 2003
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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