Shawn Cohen

Author of College Girl, Missing (Sourcebooks)

Shawn Cohen is an investigative journalist and the author of the instant New York Times bestseller, College Girl, Missing.

The book provides a raw, unflinching account of the chilling cold case that Time magazine named one of the five most mysterious unsolved disappearances of all time, alongside those of Amelia Earhart and Jimmy Hoffa. College Girl, Missing takes readers back to that fateful night, diving into a disappearance that captured front-page headlines worldwide.

Breaking more than a decade of silence, Cohen pursues the truth of what really happened to Lauren Spierer. As David Crow, author of The Pale-Faced Lie, notes: “This book is the heartbreaking story that every parent dreads… Cohen sheds light on what really happened the night Lauren was never seen again.”

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