Christian Cooper
| Christian Cooper | |
|---|---|
Cooper in 2021 | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, editor |
| Pseudonym(s) | C F Cooper |
Notable works | Songs of the Metamythos |
Christian Cooper (born 1963) is an American science writer and editor, and also a comics writer and editor. He is based in New York City. In 2023, Random House published Cooper's memoir, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World. He gained cultural notoriety after a false police report was made by a white woman who went viral for her erratic behavior while calling the police on him in a New York park in 2020, known as the Central Park birdwatching incident.