Jon Cohen is an American novelist and screenwriter. As a screenwriter he is best known for his co-writing contribution to the

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

-directed film '' Minority Report'' (2002). A native of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Cohen worked as a critical care nurse in

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

before becoming a writer. He published four books: ''Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger'' (1991), ''The Man in the Window'' (first published in 1992 and then reissued 2013 by Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries), ''Dentist Man'' (1993), and ''Harry's Trees (2018)''. He received a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1991. In 2002, he won a

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for Best Writing for his work on ''Minority Report'', sharing the award with co-writer

Scott Frank A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for '' ...

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