Rich Cohen writes … and writes and writes and writes.
This child of Glencoe, Ill.is among the most prolific writers on the planet and the wonder of it all is that not only does he provide a steady stream of books, they are very good books.
There have been 16 so far, beginning with “Tough Jews” in 1998. Some have been based on his own interesting life, one about one of his sons in 2021’s “Pee Wees: Confession of a Hockey Parent” and another about his fascinating father, 2022’s “The Adventures of Herbie Cohen: World’s Greatest Negotiator.” He’s written about a pirate and a banana business mogul, and collaborated on the memoir of producer Jerry Weintraub in “When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead,” and written about Chess Records and the Rolling Stones.
All the while he has written for such publications as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and the Wall Street Journal, where he is currently a columnist. He and his wife Jessica Medoff live in Connecticut where they are raising their four boys.
He has been no stranger to the local sports world and its gloried past, giving us “Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football” and “The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse.”