Christopher Noxon

Christopher Lane Noxon (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer and freelance journalist.[1][2]

Christopher Noxon
Born
Christopher Lane Noxon

(1968-11-21) November 21, 1968
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Spouse
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(m. 1997; div. 2018)​
Children2 (1 deceased)
Parent(s)Nicolas Noxon
Mary Straley
RelativesMarti Noxon (sister)
Betty Lane (paternal grandmother)

Early life

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.

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 and Salon.com, as well as working as a music consultant on the Showtime series Weeds.

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]

Personal life

In 1997, Noxon married television writer Jenji Kohan,[10] and is the brother of writer Marti Noxon.[11] Kohan and Noxon had three children :[2] a son Charlie (who passed away in 2019), a daughter Eliza, and youngest son Oscar.[12][13] They live in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California.[14] He is a convert to Judaism.[15] Kohan and her family are Jewish;[16][17] they belong to two synagogues and a chavurah group, and her children attend Jewish day school and summer camp. Every Friday, Kohan and her extended family have Shabbat dinner together.[12]

Noxon is credited on Weeds extensively. Noxon's book Rejuvenile appears frequently in Weeds. The character Andy Botwin is seen reading Rejuvenile in season 2 episode, "Corn Snake". The character Dean Hodes is reading it in bed in episode 10 of Season 2, "Mile Deep and A Foot Wide", and the book is on display during Nancy Botwin's shopping spree in episode 8 of Season 2, "MILF Money". The character Heylia James is reading the book at the grow house in episode 14 of Season 3, "Protection".

Works and publications
  • Noxon, Christopher. "I don't want to grow up!" Miller, D. Quentin. The Generation of Ideas: A Thematic Reader. Boston, Mass: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. ISBN 978-1-413-00012-2 OCLC 57505721
  • Noxon, Christopher. Rejuvenile Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up. New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. ISBN 978-0-307-35177-7 OCLC 647131378
  • Noxon, Christopher. Plus One: A Novel. Altadena, California: Prospect Park Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-938-84943-5 OCLC 900723329

References
  1. Rachel (August 15, 2005). "Cupcakes Take The Cake: The Christopher Noxon Rejuvenile Cupcake Interview". Cupcakes Take The Cake.
  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. "Christop L Noxon - California Birth Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. 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
  5. "Martha M Noxon - California Birth Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  6. Berfield, Susan (June 19, 2006). "Adults Do The Darndest Things". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  7. Garin, Kristoffer (June 22, 2006). "Oh, To Play Like a Child Again". New York Sun. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  8. Neary, Lynn (July 11, 2006). "'Rejuvenile': Why Adults Are Attracted to Kid Stuff". Talk of the Nation. NPR. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  9. Colbert, Stephen (June 29, 2006). "June 29, 2006 - Christopher Noxon". The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  10. 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.
  11. Ellenson, Ruth Andrew (July 23, 2006). "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  12. Berrin, Danielle (May 3, 2011). "Rhea Kohan: No one spits in her kids' Kasha". Jewish Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  13. Noxon, Christopher (June 23, 2015). "Douchebaggery And The Stay-at-Home Dad". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  14. David, Mark (February 23, 2009). "Weeds Creator Jenji Kohan Gets a New Nest". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  15. Berrin, Danielle (October 29, 2015). "Christopher Noxon: A Hollywood husband converts". Jewish Journal. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  16. Berrin, Danielle (May 20, 2009). "Smoking the Stereotypes: 'Weeds' creator Jenji Kohan delights in tipping over Judaism's sacred cows". Jewish Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  17. 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.
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