Christopher Zara

Christopher Zara
Born
Christopher Zara

(1970-11-03) November 3, 1970 (age 54)
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Author, Journalist

Christopher Zara (born November 3, 1970, in Trenton, New Jersey)[1] is an American writer. He is the author of Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, The Twisted Secrets of the World's Creative Minds. Zara covers media, technology, and culture for Fast Company magazine in New York City.[2] He was previously employed at International Business Times, Newsweek,[3] and as managing editor of Show Business,[4] and has written for Vice News, Condé Nast Traveler, and Emmy Magazine.[5] The Los Angeles Times described Tortured Artists as "the funniest book to come out of New York in 2012." The Miami Herald called it "madly clever and cleverly mad." Critic and psychiatrist Jacob Appel heaped praise on the volume in a 2012 review, describing the book as "a surprisingly sophisticated and oddly brilliant work—part popular science and part cultural criticism—that blends comic observation and trenchant insight into a literary treasure as difficult to put down as it is to classify."[6]

  1. ^ Fair, Matt (October 20, 2009). "Once rebellious rocker sees city in new light". The Times of Trenton. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Prescott, Virginia (December 20, 2016). "Prescription Pain Meds & The Seventh Fire". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Mullin, Benjamin (June 30, 2016). "Digital media layoffs continue, this time at International Business Times". Poynter. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Dziemianowicz, Joe (June 13, 2008). "'In the Heights' hopes to break new Broadway ground". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  5. ^ PR Leap, August 28, 2007
  6. ^ Appel, JM. Rain Taxi Review of Books, Vol. 17 No. 2, Summer 2012 (#66)