Timothy Noah
Timothy Robert Noah (born 1958)[1] is an American journalist, author, and a staff writer at The New Republic. Previously he was labor policy editor for Politico, a contributing writer at MSNBC.com, a senior editor of The New Republic[2][3][4] assigned to write the biweekly "TRB From Washington" column, and a senior writer at Slate, where for a decade he wrote the "Chatterbox" column. In April 2012, Noah published a book, The Great Divergence, about income inequality in the United States.
Timothy Noah
1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Journalist, author
2 (and 2 stepdaughters)
Peter Noah (brother)
Adam Levine (nephew)
Early life and education[edit]
Noah is the son of Marian Jane (née Swentor) and Robert M. Noah, a television producer.[1][5] He grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and Beverly Hills, California. His father was Jewish, and his mother was Protestant; he describes himself as an atheist.[6] He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he obtained a degree in English in 1980,[7] and where he was on the prose board of the Harvard Advocate. He lives in Washington, D.C.[8]
Personal life[edit]
In September 2018, Noah married Sarah McNamer, a medievalist and professor of English at Georgetown University.[19][20]
Noah's first wife, fellow journalist Marjorie Williams, died of cancer in 2005. After her death, Noah edited an anthology of Williams' writing, The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate.[21] The book won PEN's Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction and a National Magazine Award in the category of essays and criticism. A second Williams anthology, Reputation: Portraits in Power was published in October 2008.
Noah has two children[22] and two stepchildren. His brother is television writer/producer Peter Noah.[23] His sister, Patsy Noah, co-founded[24] the charity Your Mom Cares. Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine is his nephew.[25]