swordplay, By the Sword (2002), with the subtitle A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions.; a large-scale history of the Sun, Chasing the Sun, The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life, 2010, a BBC Book of the Week, Random House, a book about literature and how to write, How To Write Like Tolstoy, May 2016, Random House, and Making History, 2022,Simon & Schuster, a history of historians from Herodotus to the present day. He appeared in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002). Personal life He has two sons and a daughter and lives in New York City with his wife Kathy Robbins, a literary agent. His son Guy Cohen won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in men’s épée, and his daughter Mary fenced in épée, Richard Cohen in both foil and saber. His daughter, Mary (born 1986), was British épée champion in 2006, 2011 and 2018, and was a member of the British team at World and European championships from 2002 till 2019. In 2010 father (for Northern Ireland) and daughter (for England) competed in the same Commonwealth championships, the first father and daughter to do so, Cohen at age 63 coming 12th in the saber and winning the veterans saber (over 40), a first gold medal for Northern Ireland in Commonwealth fencing. In June 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. References External links Official website British Olympic Association 1947 births Living people Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands People educated at Downside School English writers British male fencers Olympic fencers of Great Britain Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England English people of Jewish descent Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games fencers Maccabiah Games competitors for Great Britain Fencers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games