Christopher Noxon | |
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Born | Christopher Lane Noxon November 21, 1968
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 (1 deceased) |
Parent(s) |
Nicolas Noxon Mary Straley |
Relatives |
Marti Noxon (sister) Betty Lane (paternal grandmother) |
Christopher Lane Noxon (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer and freelance journalist. [1] [2]
Noxon was born in Los Angeles, California, to National Geographic documentary filmmaker father, Nicolas Noxon, [3] [4] and Mary Straley. [5] His grandmother was painter Betty Lane.
Noxon began his career at the Los Angeles Daily News. His assignments have included the Democratic National Convention for Reuters and a Playboy feature about drug rehab. Noxon has also written for Los Angeles magazine, The Huffington Post and Salon.com.
His first book was Rejuvenile. The book, which grew out of a story he wrote for The New York Times, was reviewed in BusinessWeek, [6] The New York Sun [7] and covered by The Today Show, Good Morning America and NPR. [8] Noxon appeared on Bill Maher's " Fishbowl" and Comedy Central's " The Colbert Report". [9]
Noxon worked as a music consultant on the Showtime series Weeds, in which copies of his book Rejuvenile appear as a prop in some scenes. [10]
In 1997, Noxon married television writer Jenji Kohan, [11] and is the brother of writer Marti Noxon. [12] Kohan and Noxon had three children. [2] [13] [14] They live in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California. [15] He is a convert to Judaism. [16] Kohan and her family are Jewish. [17] [18]
2009 International Documentary Association Pioneer Award
Christopher Noxon | |
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Born | Christopher Lane Noxon November 21, 1968
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 (1 deceased) |
Parent(s) |
Nicolas Noxon Mary Straley |
Relatives |
Marti Noxon (sister) Betty Lane (paternal grandmother) |
Christopher Lane Noxon (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer and freelance journalist. [1] [2]
Noxon was born in Los Angeles, California, to National Geographic documentary filmmaker father, Nicolas Noxon, [3] [4] and Mary Straley. [5] His grandmother was painter Betty Lane.
Noxon began his career at the Los Angeles Daily News. His assignments have included the Democratic National Convention for Reuters and a Playboy feature about drug rehab. Noxon has also written for Los Angeles magazine, The Huffington Post and Salon.com.
His first book was Rejuvenile. The book, which grew out of a story he wrote for The New York Times, was reviewed in BusinessWeek, [6] The New York Sun [7] and covered by The Today Show, Good Morning America and NPR. [8] Noxon appeared on Bill Maher's " Fishbowl" and Comedy Central's " The Colbert Report". [9]
Noxon worked as a music consultant on the Showtime series Weeds, in which copies of his book Rejuvenile appear as a prop in some scenes. [10]
In 1997, Noxon married television writer Jenji Kohan, [11] and is the brother of writer Marti Noxon. [12] Kohan and Noxon had three children. [2] [13] [14] They live in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California. [15] He is a convert to Judaism. [16] Kohan and her family are Jewish. [17] [18]
2009 International Documentary Association Pioneer Award