Harlan Cohen is the best-selling author of three books, a professional speaker, a musician, and one of the most widely read and respected male syndicated advice columnists in the country.

Harlan’s writing career began at Indiana University’s school newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student. He shifted his path toward advice after interning at “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in the summer of 1995. Harlan was inspired to begin writing his column after meeting a writer who had penned a similar column while in college.  When he returned to campus, Harlan immediately launched his Help Me, Harlan! advice column.  At first, he wrote questions and answers to himself.  When he started to help himself, he knew he was good. Then real letters started rolling in. Harlan’s balance of honest advice, helpful resources and sharp humor turned the column into an instant success on and off campus.  As the column spread, Harlan began writing books, speaking on college campuses, and creating original music to bring the topics addressed in his writing to life. Harlan is a dynamic personality who can engage, entertain, and educate audiences on a variety of platforms and media.

Harlan is the best-selling author of the books Dad’s Pregnant Too! (Sourcebooks), The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College (Sourcebooks), and Campus Life Exposed: Advice from the Inside (Peterson’s).  Harlan is a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III and has been featured as an expert offering advice in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, Real Simple, Details magazine, Seventeen, Psychology Today, and hundreds of other newspapers and publications.  King Features Syndicate distributes Harlan’s Help Me, Harlan! advice column worldwide.

Harlan is a frequent guest on television programs in Chicago (FOX, ABC, CBS, WGN, PBS, WCIU), New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Dallas. He has appeared on over 100 radio programs including Good Morning America Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sally Jesse Raphael, Maxim Radio, The Whoopi Goldberg Show, The Doctors, and on public radio stations across the country.  Harlan is a professional speaker who has visited over 300 college campuses. He is an expert on teen issues, college life, parenting, pregnancy, childbirth, dating, relationships, sex, no sex, rejection, risk-taking, leadership, women’s issues, social networking, newspaper syndication, and more.

Harlan is the founder of the websites www.DadsPregnant.com, www.NakedRoommate.com, and www.HelpMeHarlan.com. He is the producer, lead singer, and musician for his album Fortunate Accidents. Harlan is also the founder and president of Rejection Awareness Week (Feb. 7-14 annually) and The International Risk-Taking Project. He lives in Chicago, Illinois with his wife, two young children, and 5-year-old miniature schnauzer.