Daniel Klein
American writer and humorist
Daniel Klein is an American author who has worked across fiction, non-fiction and humorous writing. He co-wrote Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, a book that was a New York Times bestseller.
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Born 1939 in Delaware, United States
About Daniel Klein
Daniel Klein was born in 1939 in Wilmington, Delaware. He earned a philosophy degree at Harvard College and spent a short time working in television comedy before he turned to writing books. His books include thrillers, mysteries and humorous takes on philosophy. Thomas Cathcart was his co-author on Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, which has been translated into 26 languages. Klein also wrote Travels with Epicurus and Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He is married to Freke Vuijst, a US correspondent for the Dutch newsweekly Vrij Nederland.