Larry Kahaner

LARRY KAHANER is an American journalist, author, and ghostwriter who has written more than fifteen nonfiction books. His recent books include AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War and Competitive Intelligence.

Kahaner has received the Jesse M. Neal National Business Journalism Award, the American Society of Business Publication Editors Regional Gold Award, and an Associated Press Newswriting Award. He holds a Master of Science in journalism from Boston University and served as a Washington correspondent for BusinessWeek magazine and as a founding editor of Communications Daily.

When he’s not writing, Kahaner contributes to publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor, and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and CBS Evening News. This deep engagement with current affairs shapes his nonfiction work.

Larry lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Larry Kahaner’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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