John Heidenry is an author and editor who was born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Career
He is also the former editor of Penthouse Forum, the former interim editor of Maxim magazine, and the former executive editor of The Week. According to The New York Times, Heidenry was accused by Philip Nobile, his former coworker at Penthouse Forum, of plagiarizing parts of What Wild Ecstasy. The accusation raised the question of whether ordinary, workaday prose, rather than "unique expression," can be plagiarized.