Chris Heath

Award-winning journalist CHRIS HEATH has written about a wide array of subjects for GQ , The Atlantic , Esquire and Vanity Fair . His story "18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio." won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting; his story "The Militiamen, the Governor and the Kidnapping That Wasn't" was nominated for the 2023 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. He has also written about popular culture, including the books...See more

Award-winning journalist CHRIS HEATH has written about a wide array of subjects for GQ , The Atlantic , Esquire and Vanity Fair . His story "18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio." won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting; his story "The Militiamen, the Governor and the Kidnapping That Wasn't" was nominated for the 2023 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. He has also written about popular culture, including the books Pet Shop Boys , Literally and the 2004 UK bestseller Feel , about British pop star Robbie Williams. He co-wrote the lyrics for the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Boy in the Dress , which premiered in Stratford in November 2019. Based in Brooklyn, Heath grew up south of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. See less