Cynthia L. Cooper
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HOMENONFICTION AUTHORCynthia L. Cooper is the author of several nonfiction books, including: Books include: ~Mockery of Justice: the true story of the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder case, investigative journalism cracks open a 40-year mystery; ~NEW! The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens co-author with Elizabeth Holtzman The Nation Books/ See more in BOOKS. PLAYWRIGHTCynthia L. Cooper's plays -- Full-Length Plays, One-Act and Short Plays, and Plays for Young Audiences -- are stylized, humorous and dramatic stories of human quirks and challenges. Ten full-length and 20 one-act plays are produced throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada and Europe, and are published in 10 volumes. A playwriting profile tells all. Plays include: ~How She Played the Game -- a one-person show about six spirited women from sports history; a shortened version in Women Heroes; "inspiring" said Billie Jean King. Full-Length. Also available as Go Girl Go, a version for K-7 young audiences featuring a girl in a soccer camp and for four women performers. ~Works of Art -- winner of the Pen & Brush Playwriting Contest 2002 and the Nantucket Short Play Festival; a woman sculptor tries a creative approach to marketing. Short play. Read 'Works of Art' online. ~Second Sight -- NEW -- Can the real life "Mozart of psychics" solve a 1962 crime, or is he a fake? Full-Length play. ~Sentences and Words -- A ten minute play in which two women, the lawyer for a defendant and a victim's mother, struggle with the death penalty; in Rowing To America and Other Short Plays. Short play. ~Words of Choice A collection of shorts from several writers, woven into an ensemble performance. See more in PLAYS. JOURNALISTCynthia L. Cooper is an independent journalist whose articles have appeared in magazines, websites, newspapers and television, garnering several awards along the way. New! Silver Excel Award for Under the Influence. Stories include: ~The Gulf Rush: Katrina workers are the latest catastrophe in In These Times ~A Cancer Grows: Medical Treatment in Women's Prisons Ranges from Brutal to Nonexistent in The Nation reprinted in TomPaine.com ~Help, Is It a Conspiracy?-- Drugs You're Being Blocked from Getting in Glamour Magazine ~Women Documentary Filmmakers as Social Activists in Women's Enews ~Touched by a Centurion -- Group works to free inmates in tainted capital cases in American Bar Association Journal (ABAJ) ~A Human Rights Community in the Ford Foundation magazine See more in ARTICLES. CONTACT: |
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