Stephen Cooper

Stephen Cooper is an American editor, biographer and writer-producer. He is a professor of English at California State University, Long Beach, and has also taught for many years with the Writers' Program of UCLA Extension. He was born, raised, and lives in Los Angeles.

Works Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante, North Point Press/FSG 2000; Angel City Press, 2005,

Editor Perspectives on John Huston, G.K. Hall, 1994, John Fante: A Critical Gathering, co-edited with David Fine, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999 The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959, Black Sparrow Press, 2000, The John Fante Reader (Ecco Press 2003); HarperCollins, 2003, John Fante's 'Ask the Dust': A Joining of Voices and Views, co-edited with Clorinda Donato, Fordham University Press, 2020.

Writer-producer Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, Netflix Original Documentary, 2018.