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Evan Wright (Evan Alan Wright) was born on 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., is an American writer (born 1966). Discover Evan Wright's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 58 years old
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Born 1966
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Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1966

Evan Alan Wright (born 1966 (age 43)) is an American writer, known for his extensive reporting on subcultures for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.

1995

In 1995, he became the entertainment editor and chief pornographic film reviewer for Hustler magazine.

1996

Starting in 1996 at Hustler, then at Rolling Stone, Time, and Vanity Fair, he wrote long features based on his immersion in subcultures ranging from radical environmentalists to neo-Nazis.

Many of his essays focused on crimes or controversial figures, and were said by him to capture a "dark, untamed America" that resembled "the Wild West".

Several of his essays were collected in the book Hella Nation, which Wright called a "sort of autobiography".

His essays in Hella Nation were compared to Joan Didion's writings on California.

Another reviewer called Hella Nation a "comically macabre portrait of American life".

2000

In 2000, he wrote about the experience and the issues surrounding the pornography industry in an article for Salon, titled "Maxed Out", and for the LA Weekly, in a cover story titled "Scenes from My Life in Porn".

2002

In 2002, Wright went to Afghanistan on assignment for Rolling Stone.

2003

In 2003, he was embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the United States Marine Corps during the early stages of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Wright spent his entire time embedded in a recon team led by then Sergeant Brad Colbert.

He was under fire with the Marines for several weeks, and accompanied them "on point" (i.e., in the lead vehicle).

One of the Marines in the unit told The New York Times, "He was in the worst possible place to have a reporter. During the first firefight, he took 10 rounds in his door."

Wright expressed admiration for the Marines, but warned them that a reporter's motto is "charm and betray".

2004

He is best known for his book on the Iraq War, Generation Kill (2004).

He published a series of articles for Rolling Stone magazine titled "The Killer Elite" which, in 2004, received the National Magazine Award for Reporting, the top prize in magazine writing.

He then wrote Generation Kill.

2007

In 2007, he returned to Iraq when the surge in U.S. forces was beginning.

Wright interviewed General David Petraeus and spent several weeks embedded with U.S. troops in Baghdad, Ramadi, and Diwania.

He later criticized American television media for promoting misperceptions of the war.

He also criticized some U.S. political leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, for calling the surge a failure before it had been fully implemented.

2008

HBO adapted Generation Kill into an eponymous television miniseries first aired in 2008; Wright is portrayed by Lee Tergesen.

Wright himself served as a writer and consulting producer on the project, collaborating closely with Emmy-winning producer David Simon.

Wright was hired by Paramount to write a script about Miami's "Cocaine Cowboys" Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday for Peter Berg to direct.

The screenplay was based on a book Wright wrote about Roberts, published by Crown Books.

Actor Mark Wahlberg was producing the film with plans to star in it, but the film did not make it out of preproduction.

2010

In 2010, it was announced that director Ole Bornedal was filming a movie inspired by an article Wright wrote for Time magazine called "Death of a Hostess".

Wright's article was a profile of Japanese serial-rapist and killer Joji Obara he wrote in Tokyo for Time magazine.

2012

He also wrote an exposé about a top CIA officer who allegedly worked as a Mafia hitman, How to Get Away With Murder in America (2012).

Although some compare his writings to those of Hunter S. Thompson, Wright claims his biggest literary influences were Mark Twain and British-American author Christopher Isherwood.

The New York Times called his military writing "nuanced and grounded in details often overlooked in daily journalistic accounts" and noted his use of "gallows humor".

Wright was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Willoughby, Ohio.

Both of his parents were lawyers.

His father was a prosecutor, then the general counsel for a utility.

Wright attended Hawken School, but was kicked out for selling marijuana and sent to a home for juvenile delinquents called the Seed.

He returned to Hawken and made state debate finals in high school.

Wright studied at Johns Hopkins University and at Vassar College; he graduated from Vassar with a degree in medieval history.

His first writing job was to interview South African political leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, but it was for a small magazine that did not pay.

In 2012, he released the book American Desperado, co-written with Jon Roberts, who was featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys.

At least six of the Marines Wright wrote about in Generation Kill have claimed they were punished for the remarks he published.