Paulette Cooper

Paulette Cooper
Paulette Cooper
Born	Paula Bucholc (1942-07-26) July 26, 1942 (age 82) Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Author and journalist
Nationality	American
Genres	Nonfiction
Notable work	The Scandal of Scientology
Notable awards	Conscience-in-Media Award
Spouse	Paul Noble ​ (m. 1988)​
Website
www.paulettecooper.com

Paulette Cooper (born July 26, 1942) is an American author and journalist whose writing against the Church of Scientology resulted in harassment from Scientologists. An early critic of the church, she published The Scandal of Scientology in 1971. She endured many years of attacks from church leadership and their agents, including lawsuits, smear campaigns, overt and covert surveillance, outright threats, and even a criminal frame-up. Church founder and leader L. Ron Hubbard was reportedly obsessed with her and personally plotted against her.

The Church of Scientology instituted a total of nineteen lawsuits against Cooper from all over the world. She countersued them three times before finally settling with the church in 1985.

Cooper has authored or co-authored nearly two dozen books, covering a wide range of topics including travel, missing persons, psychics, and pets, in addition to Scientology. Her books have sold close to half a million copies in total.^[1]