Chris Heath

Chris Heath is a British writer and journalist, best known for his award winning articles for GQ, The Atlantic, Esquire and Vanity Fair; as well as his books on popular culture, including Feel and Reveal (about Robbie Williams) and Pet Shop Boys, Literally, and Pet Shop Boys Versus America. He won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting.

In the late eighties, he travelled with Pet Shop Boys on their first ever world tour and the result was the book entitled Pet Shop Boys, Literally, released in 1990. In 1993, he published Pet Shop Boys Versus America which was written as he accompanied them on a US tour. He wrote the liner notes to the 2001 reissues of the band's first six albums, and assisted in the compilation of additional songs for inclusion. Alongside Pet Shop Boys, he contributed to the commentary track on the 2003 PopArt DVD. He writes and edits the Pet Shop Boys' fan club magazine, also called Literally, and conducts an interview for each of their tour programmes.

He is also the author of the best-selling biography of Robbie Williams, Feel (2004), and its follow-up, Reveal (2017).

He has been a Contributing Editor at Details, Rolling Stone, and most recently, American GQ.

In 2019 he co-wrote the musical The Boy in the Dress, which was presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He will publish his investigation of the Nazi labour camp at Ponar, Lithuania, No Road Leading Back, in September 2024.

His articles include:

For GQ Magazine:


 * 18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio, February 2012; for which he won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting
 * Graduation Day, February 2012; about the Japanese tsunami
 * The True Story of Gary Faulkner, the Man Who Hunted Osama bin Laden and Inspired Nic Cage's Army of One, September 2010

For The Atlantic:


 * A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Investigation, and Some Very Angry Treasure Hunters, June 2022
 * The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds, July 2021

For Esquire:


 * The Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t, October 2022