Christopher Noxon
American journalist

Christopher Noxon
Born
Christopher Lane Noxon

(1968-11-21) November 21, 1968 (age 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationsWriter, journalist
Spouse
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(m. 1997; div. 2018)​
Children3
Parent(s)Nicolas Noxon
Mary Straley
RelativesMarti Noxon (sister)
Betty Lane (paternal grandmother)

Christopher Lane Noxon (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer, artist, and freelance journalist.[1][2][3]

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

  • 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
  • Noxon, Christopher. Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook. NY: Abrams, 2018. ISBN 9781419732355, 1419732358[25]

References

  1. ^ Rachel (August 15, 2005). "Cupcakes Take The Cake: The Christopher Noxon Rejuvenile Cupcake Interview". Cupcakes Take The Cake.
  2. ^ a b 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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