Christopher Scheer (born September 8, 1968) is an American writer, and the co-author, with

Robert Scheer Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American left-wing journalist who has written for '' Ramparts'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Playboy'', ''Hustler Magazine'', ''Truthdig'', Scheerpost' and other publications as well as having written man ...

and Lakshmi Chaudhry, of ''The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq'', published in 2003 in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia. The book appeared on the ''

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'' bestseller list and was a part of the national debate in 2004 about the then still popular Iraq War. In 2010, he received co-author credit, with his father, o
''The Great American Stickup''
which also appeared on the ''Los Angeles Times'' bestseller list. In 2016, he received co-author credit for " California Comeback: How a 'Failed State' Became a Model for the Nation," with Narda Zacchino.

Biography

Scheer was born in

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. His parents are

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and journalist

. A graduate of Berkeley High School (1985) and

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(1990), he co-founded and edited ''Prognosis'', an English-language newspaper in Prague. Later, he worked with

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as a creative consultant on the Academy-award nominated script for ''

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'', as well as several unproduced scripts. After working as an editor at ''

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'' for several years, as well as writing for ''

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'', the ''Los Angeles Times'' and other publications, he launched the news/activism website Workingforchange.com for

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, then moved on to become the managing editor of the alternative news site,

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. Currently, he teaches

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, mock trial, and

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at Skyline High School in

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. He is the advisor for Skyline's national award winning student newspaper ''The Oracle''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheer, Christopher 1968 births Living people American people of German descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent American non-fiction writers University of California, Santa Barbara alumni