Cohen,+Rich

Biographical Information
Dates: 1968- Dates in Ridgefield:

journalist, investigative reporter, author

Ridgefield resident Rich Cohen is a contributing editor for //Vanity Fair//, where he has written cover stories on Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, and Madonna. He is also a contributing editor for //Rolling Stone//. His articles have appeared in //The Atlantic//, //National Geographic//, //The New York Times//, //The Believer//, //Sports Illustrated//, //The Wall Street Journal//, and //The New Republic//, among others.

Cohen has written nine nonfiction books, including the critically acclaimed //Tough Jews//, a look at the Jewish gangsters of 1930s Brooklyn, and the recent //The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones//, a narrative history of the Rolling Stones. He has also written a memoir, a book of essays, and the juvenile fiction book //Alex and the Amazing Time Machine//. Cohen is the co-creator of the 2016 HBO series //Vinyl//, along with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Terence Winter.

Born in Illinois in 1968, Cohen grew up in a North Shore Chicago suburb. He earned his BA from Tulane University and started his career in journalism as a messenger at the //New Yorker//. He worked as a reporter at both the //New York Observer// and //Rolling Stone//.

Titles: //Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams, // 1998 //The Avengers: A Jewish War Story, // 2000 //Lake Effect //, 2002 //Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll, // 2004 //Sweet and Low: A Family Story //, 2006 //Israel Is Real //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.3333px;">, 2009 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">//Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football//, 2013 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">//The Sun and the Moon and the Rolling Stones//, 2016

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">–Sources: [|Wikipedia], [|www.authorrichcohen.com]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Last Updated: May 25, 2017