About Christopher Beha
Born 1980. Christopher Beha is an American writer and editor.
Christopher Beha is an American writer. He was the editor-in-chief of Harper's Magazine from October 2019 to October 2023. His third novel, The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, was long-listed for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction.
Early life and education Beha attended the New School's Creative Writing Program in New York City and graduated in 2006.
Career Beha was the editor of Harper's Magazine from October 2019 to October 2023. He left the magazine in November 2021 for a six-month book leave.
Works The Whole Five Feet, New York : Grove Press, 2010. What Happened to Sophie Wilder, 2012 Arts & Entertainments, 2014 The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, Tin House Books, 2020, Why I Am Not an Atheist: The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer, Penguin Press, 2026
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