Christopher Zara

Dienstag, 03. November 1970

Christopher Zara (born November 3, 1970, in Trenton, New Jersey) 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. He was previously employed at International Business Times, Newsweek, and as managing editor of Show Business, and has written for Vice News, Condé Nast Traveler, and Emmy Magazine. 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 o