Christopher Tennant

For the English businessman, see Hartlepool.

Christopher Tennant (born August 17, 1978) is an American magazine editor, artist, and author of The Official Filthy Rich Handbook, published by Workman Publishing in June 2008.

Tennant graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2000 with degrees in political science and journalism. While at Madison, he served as Editor in Chief of the Badger Herald, America's largest independent daily student newspaper.

The Official Filthy Rich Handbook—a satirical guide to fitting in with America’s “top .0001 percent”—was pitched as a “quasi-sequel”[1] to the best-selling 1980 classic The Official Preppy Handbook, also published by Workman. It was excerpted[2] in the June 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, and received notice[3] for its effusive blurbs by Tom Wolfe, Dominick Dunne, and P. J. O'Rourke, who called it "a paragon of naked wit."[4]

After periods at New York magazine and Talk, in 2003 Tennant co-founded Radar magazine and Radaronline.com, the irregular[5] satirical pop culture magazine and web site. He left the magazine in February 2008 to finish work on his book.[6] According to the New York Post, Tennant coined the popular portmanteau "celebutard" as a "Page Six" freelancer in 2006.[7]

From 2008 to 2010 he was the Executive Editor of The Daily Front Row, a cheeky fashion glossy distributed at New York Fashion Week. He is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and editor at large of Playboy.

In 2011, he launched[8] a side career making Victorian-style aquatic dioramas.[9]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Swindle, Jaime (6-25-08): "The Official Filthy Rich Handbook", Seattle Weekly. Retrieved on 11-16-08.
  2. ↑ Hutton, Punch (June 2008): "Fanfair", Vanity Fair, June, 2008. Retrieved on 11-16-08.
  3. ↑ Stadtmiller, Mandy (5-28-08): "The Right Blurb Can Make Sales Superb", New York Post. Retrieved on 11-16-08.
  4. ↑ News & Reviews, The Official Filthy Rich Handbook. Retrieved on 11-17-08
  5. ↑ Koblin, John (10-24-08): "Radar Shutting Down (Again.)", New York Observer. Retrieved 11-16-08.
  6. ↑ Media Mob (2-27-08): "Radar's Deputy Editor Chis Tennant is Out", New York Observer. Retrieved on 11-17-08.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Richard (2-4-09): "Happy To Share With Andrea", New York Post. Retrieved on 6-12-09.
  8. ↑ Smith, Emily (5-26-11): "Aquatic Style", New York Post. Retrieved on 10-19-11.
  9. ↑ Preiser, Amy (6-9-11): "Backstory: Christopher Tennant's Aquatic Cases", "AOL Shelterpop. Retrieved on 10-19-11.
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