Richard A Cohen (born 9 May 1947) is a retired British fencer who competed at three Olympic Games and the author of four books, "Making History, The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past," Chasing the Sun, the story of man's relationship to that star, "How to Write Like Tolstoy, A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers,"and By the Sword, a history of sword fighting. He is the founder of the book publisher Richard Cohen Books.