Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley (born 1952). He was educated at Portsmouth Abbey, worked on a Norwegian tramp freighter and graduated cum laude from Yale. He was managing editor of Esquire magazine and at 29, chief speechwriter to the Vice President of the Unit
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Christopher Buckley (born 1952). He was educated at Portsmouth Abbey, worked on a Norwegian tramp freighter and graduated cum laude from Yale. He was managing editor of Esquire magazine and at 29, chief speechwriter to the Vice President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. He was the founding editor of Forbes FYI magazine. He is the author of fifteen books, which have translated into sixteen languages. They include: Steaming To Bamboola, The White House Mess, Wet Work, God Is My Broker, Little Green Men, No Way To Treat a First Lady, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, Losing Mum And Pup: A Memoir and Thank You For Smoking, which was made into a movie in 2005. Most have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He received the Washington Irving Prize for Literary Excellence and the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
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