'A great way to live a life'

 

"Fiction, for me, is sort of a protracted way of saying all the things I wished I said the night before." - Christopher Buckley

The only child of conservative author and speaker William F. Buckley, Christopher was born on Sept. 28, 1952 and has made his own way into the writing world as a humorist and satirist, creating such well-known works as The White House Mess, No Way To Treat A First Lady, and Thank You For Smoking – the latter made into a terrific film as well.

Buckley’s humorous pieces have appeared in most of the nation’s

leading newspapers, and he also has had an ongoing career as a magazine writer and editor, particularly at Forbes.   And, Buckley has done considerable time in P.R. and says that “In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.” 

Buckley’s P.R. efforts were primarily in the political arena and his first-hand knowledge of the political world often has provided the base for his satirical fiction.  His most recent, published in 2022 is Has Anyone Seen My Toes?, his 20th book.

 

Writing fiction, he said, is a great way to live a life you might otherwise only imagine. “You live vicariously through your characters.”