Cynthia L. Cooper

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/Avalon Publishing -- (A)n important, comprehensive argument and document for our current political moment.~Publisher's Weekly

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Cynthia 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.

~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story -- NEW -- During a time of economic crisis, a Jewish woman and Catholic man find love and courage in resisting the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the early 1930s. Full-Length play. 2009 Publication: Gihon River Press.

~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.

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