Arthur Bloch

Not to be confused with Arthur Blok.

Arthur Bloch (born January 1, 1948) is an American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books.^[1] He has also written a self-help satire called Healing Yourself with Wishful Thinking.^[2] From 1986 to 2002 he was the producer and director of the Thinking Allowed PBS television series.^[3]

The proper title of the book is Murphy's Law, and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong!. The word wrong is printed upside-down on the book's cover.^[4] This was the first of many Murphy's Law books.^[5]