Christopher Noxon

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Christopher Noxon
Born
Christopher Lane Noxon

(1968-11-21) November 21, 1968 (age 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Spouse
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(m. 1997;div. 2018)​
Children3
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, artist, and freelance journalist. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Noxon was born in Los Angeles, California, to National Geographic documentary filmmaker father, Nicolas Noxon, [4] [5] and Mary Straley. [6] His grandmother was painter Betty Lane.

Career

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, Salon.com, and also The New Yorker magazine [7] , The Atlantic magazine [8] , and The New York Times Magazine [9] .

His first book was Rejuvenile . The book, which grew out of a story he wrote for The New York Times , was reviewed in BusinessWeek, [10] The New York Sun [11] and covered by The Today Show, Good Morning America and NPR. [12] Noxon appeared on Bill Maher's "Fishbowl" and Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report". [13]

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. [14]

Personal life

In 1997, Noxon married television writer Jenji Kohan, [15] and is the brother of writer Marti Noxon. [16] Kohan and Noxon had three children [2] [17] [18] . Their firstborn died at age 20 on a skiing accident while on a family holiday trip on the last day of 2019. [19] They lived in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California [20] and later moved to Ojai, California, when he decided to start painting full time. [21] He is a convert to Judaism. [22] Kohan and her family are Jewish. [23] [24]

Works and publications

References

  1. ↑ Rachel (August 15, 2005). "Cupcakes Take The Cake: The Christopher Noxon Rejuvenile Cupcake Interview". Cupcakes Take The Cake.
  2. 1 2 Gray, Margaret (January 13, 2015). "Q&A: Christopher Noxon on being a 'domestic first responder' and 'Plus One'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Christopher Noxon". Christopher Noxon. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Christop L Noxon - California Birth Index". FamilySearch . Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Bob (Winter 2010). "2009 IDA Pioneer Award--Bringing Wildlife to the Small Screen: Nicolas Noxon". Documentary Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2015. 2009 International Documentary Association Pioneer Award
  6. ↑ "Martha M Noxon - California Birth Index". FamilySearch . Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ Noxon, Christopher (April 16, 2012). "Prodigy". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Noxon, Christopher (August 21, 2014). "Jenji Kohan's Husband on the Awkwardness of the Emmys". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Christopher Noxon". To The Best Of Our Knowledge. April 8, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ Berfield, Susan (June 19, 2006). "Adults Do The Darndest Things". BusinessWeek . Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ Garin, Kristoffer (June 22, 2006). "Oh, To Play Like a Child Again". New York Sun . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ Neary, Lynn (July 11, 2006). "'Rejuvenile': Why Adults Are Attracted to Kid Stuff". Talk of the Nation . NPR . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ Colbert, Stephen (June 29, 2006). "June 29, 2006 - Christopher Noxon". The Colbert Report . Comedy Central. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ Noxon, Christopher. "Rejuvenile on Weeds". www.rejuvenile.com. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  15. ↑ Toohill, Kathleen (February 2, 2015). "Here's What It's Like to Have a Wife Who is More Successful Than You". attn. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  16. ↑ Ellenson, Ruth Andrew (July 23, 2006). "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh". The New York Times . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  17. ↑ Berrin, Danielle (May 3, 2011). "Rhea Kohan: No one spits in her kids' Kasha". Jewish Journal . Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  18. ↑ Noxon, Christopher (June 23, 2015). "Douchebaggery And The Stay-at-Home Dad". The Huffington Post . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  19. ↑ Holcombe, Madeline (January 2, 2020). "'Orange Is the New Black' creator Jenji Kohan's son dies in ski accident". CNN. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  20. ↑ David, Mark (February 23, 2009). "Weeds Creator Jenji Kohan Gets a New Nest". Variety . Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Spotify – Web Player". Spotify. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  22. ↑ Berrin, Danielle (October 29, 2015). "Christopher Noxon: A Hollywood husband converts". Jewish Journal . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  23. ↑ Berrin, Danielle (May 20, 2009). "Smoking the Stereotypes: 'Weeds' creator Jenji Kohan delights in tipping over Judaism's sacred cows". Jewish Journal . Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  24. ↑ Kustanowitz, Esther (April 2009). "'Weeds' Creator, 'Tara' Producer, and the Hebrew Mamita Take on Images of Jewish Women in Media". Beliefnet . Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  25. ↑ Noxon, Christopher (2018). Good trouble : lessons from the civil rights playbook. Abrams. ISBN   978-1-4197-3235-5.
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