Larry Kahaner

Larry Kahaner is an American journalist, author, ghostwriter and licensed private investigator. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and now lives in McLean, Virginia. His books include: Competitive Intelligence (Simon & Schuster), ISBN 978-0684844046 AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War (Wiley), ISBN 978-0470168806 Values, Prosperity and the Talmud (Wiley), ISBN 978-0471444411 Cults That Kill (Warner Books), ISBN 978-0446513753 On The Line (Warner Books), ISBN 978-0446513135 USA, Inc. (Bay City Publishers), ISBN 978-0-9984203-0-1 He has received the Jesse M. Neal National Business Journalism Award, the American Society of Business Publication Editors Regional Gold Award and an Associated Press Newswriting Award. He holds a Master of Science in journalism from Boston University. A former BusinessWeek Correspondent, his work has appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Information Week. As a reporter for the Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer in 1980, he wrote the first in-depth exposé of the textile mills in the city and how they caused byssinosis, also known as 'brown lung disease,' in workers. Byssinosis is caused by inhaling textile particles. For years, workers were reluctant to complain about the illness for fear of losing their jobs. The mills exerted great economic power including owing an adjoining town, Bibb City, owned by Bibb Manufacturing Compan