David Chanoff (born November 15, 1943, in

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) is an American author of non-fiction work. His work has typically involved collaborations with the principal protagonist of the work concerned. His collaborators have included Augustus A. White,

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, William J. Crowe,

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, Kenneth Good and Felix Zandman, among others. He has also written about a wide range of subjects including literary history, education and foreign for ''

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''. Chanoff founded

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in 1968. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he taught English at

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and

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. In 2015, Chanoff's ''Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine'', co-written with Louis W. Sullivan, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography.

Personal life

Chanoff was born November 15, 1943, in Philadelphia to William and Golda () Chanoff. He received a

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from

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in 1965, after which he attended

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, where he earned a

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in 1967 and a

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in 1973. On February 18, 1968, Chanoff married Liisa Laikari. He has three children. Chanoff is ethically Jewish.

Publications

* Toại, Đoàn Văn and David Chanoff. (1979). ''The Vietnamese Gulag,'' Simon & Schuster. * Tảng, Trương Như, with David Chanoff and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1985). ''A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath'', Vintage Books. * Chanoff, David and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1986). ''Portrait of the Enemy'', Random House. * Chanoff, David and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1986). ''Vietnam: A Portrait of Its People at War'', I.B. Tauris Publishers. * Bui, Diem with David Chanoff. (1987). ''In the Jaws of History'', Houghton Mifflin. * Sharon, Ariel, with David Chanoff. (1989). ''Warrior: the autobiography of Ariel Sharon''; New York : Simon and Schuster. * Deforest, Orin and David Chanoff. (1990). ''Slow Burn: The Rise and Bitter Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam'', Houghton Mifflin. * Good, Kenneth and David Chanoff. (1992). ''Into the heart: one man's pursuit of love and knowledge among the Yanomami'', Ulverscroft. * Crowe, William J. and David Chanoff. (1993). ''The line of fire: from Washington to the Gulf, the politics and battles of the new military'', Simon & Schuster. * Zandman, Felix and David Chanoff. (1995). ''Never the last journey: a Fortune 500 founder's life story from Holocaust survivor to victor on Wall Street'', Shocken. *Elders, M Joycelyn and David Chanoff. (1996). ''Joycelyn Elders, M.D.: from sharecropper's daughter to surgeon general of the United States of America'', Morrow. * Nuwere, Ejovi and David Chanoff. (2002). ''Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace'', Morrow. * Damone, Vic and David Chanoff. (2009). ''Singing Was the Easy Part'', St. Martin's. * White, Augustus A. and David Chanoff. (2011). ''Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care'', Harvard University Press. * Sullivan, Louis W., with David Chanoff. (2014). ''Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine'', University of Georgia Press. * Chanoff, David and Louis W. Sullivan. (2022). ''We'll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity'', Johns Hopkins University Press.

References

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