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Christopher Mason writes and performs funny musical toasts and roasts. Above, “Aggie Get Your Gun” a musical toast to arts patron Agnes Gund. To learn about commissioning a song for your event, click here.

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Christopher is the host of Behind Mansion Walls on Investigation Discovery about murder in fabulous houses. Click for more.

CHRISTOPHER MASON is a freelance writer, editor, songster, and performer with multiple skills for hire: 🍊Writing and performing amusing musical toasts and roasts, in person or by video. 🎹🎥 Writing and editing books and articles. 📙📚 Hosting TV crime shows.🩸🎥 Also available to write speeches and upbeat obituaries celebrating well-lived lives. 🌅

He’s the author of The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christies Auction House Scandal, about the price-fixing case that sent one of America's richest men, Alfred Taubman, to prison and wrecked the brilliant career of Dede Brooks, formerly the most powerful woman in the art world. 💥  A longtime journalist, Christopher has written extensively for the New York Times, AirMail, The World of Interiors, New York magazine, Town & Country, Departures, and Architectural Digest. He’s also the TV host of Behind Mansion Walls, the ID series about murder in fabulous houses. 💥

Christopher is currently writing a cookbook with recipes of his own invention, which he cooks, styles, and photographs. "If you're going to cook," he says, "you might as well make it visually gorgeous and delicious."💥  Other favorite pastimes include photography and global travel. So far, he has ventured (and taken photographs in) Africa, Australia, China, Europe, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and across the USA.💥 

Born in Cambridge, England, Christopher graduated from the University of Cambridge. He is based in Manhattan. 

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Christopher is a longtime contributor to The New York Times, New York, Air Mail, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, and The World of Interiors. Click for more.

A quote from Amanda Foreman in praise of Christopher Mason' editing skills. Images of 3 book covers 'A World on Fire,' 'The Manor,' by Mac Griswold and 'Perspective' by Steven Gambrel all with text edited by Christopher.

Christopher offers editing services: line editing, fact checking, and proofreading for books, articles, and speeches. Click for more.

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Christopher is the author of The Art of the Steal, the critically acclaimed investigation of the criminal conspiracy between Sotheby’s and Christie’s, and Songs for the Rich and Famous. Click for more.

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Christopher is currently writing a cookbook with original recipes, which he cooks, styles, and photographs. Click for more.