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

Early life

Noxon was born in

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, to National Geographic documentary filmmaker father,

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, and Mary Straley. His grandmother was painter

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Career

Noxon began his career at the ''

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''. His assignments have included the

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for

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and a ''

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'' feature about drug rehab. Noxon has also written for ''

'' magazine, ''

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'' and

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, 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 ''

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'', was reviewed in ''

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,'' ''

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'' and covered by

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and

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. Noxon appeared on Bill Maher's "

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" and Comedy Central's "

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Personal life

In 1997, Noxon married television writer

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, and is the brother of writer

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. Kohan and Noxon had three children : a son Charlie (who passed away in 2019), a daughter Eliza, and youngest son Oscar. They live in the

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section of

. He is a

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. Kohan and her family are Jewish; they belong to two synagogues and a

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group, and her children attend Jewish day school and summer camp. Every Friday, Kohan and her extended family have Shabbat dinner together. 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:

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, 2005. * Noxon, Christopher.
Rejuvenile Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up.
' New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. * Noxon, Christopher.
Plus One: A Novel.
' Altadena, California: Prospect Park Books, 2015.

References

External links

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