David Chanoff

David Chanoff (born November 15, 1943, in Philadelphia) is an American author of non-fiction work. His work has typically involved collaborations with the principal protagonist of the work concerned. His collaborators have included Augustus A. White, Joycelyn Elders, Đoàn Văn Toại, William J. Crowe, Ariel Sharon, Kenneth Good and Felix Zandman, among others. He has also written about a wide range of subjects including literary history, education and foreign for ''The Washington Post'', ''The New Republic'' and ''The New York Times Magazine''.

Chanoff founded Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1968. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he taught English at Tufts University and Harvard University.

In 2015, Chanoff's ''Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine'', co-written with Louis W. Sullivan, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography. Provided by Wikipedia