A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Queenan has written for such publications as Spy Magazine, TV Guide, Movieline, The Guardian,[2] and The New York Times Book Review.
Formerly an editor at Forbes, a staff writer at Barron’s, a television critic at People, and a columnist at TV Guide, GQ, Spy, Smart Money, Men’s Health, Barron’s Online and Movieline, his stories have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, the New Republic, Time, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Toronto Globe & Mail, Playboy, Rotarian, Golf Digest, Us, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Town & Country, Allure, the New York Daily News and New York.
He wrote and appeared in three short films for the UK's Channel 4: Mickey Rourke for a Day, My Fair Hugh and So You Wanna Be a Gangster.
[4] In 2019, Queenan co-authored with T.J. Elliott his first stage play, the problem comedy Alms, an Equity Showcase production directed by John Clay at TheaterLab in New York City.
[6] Queenan's solo comedy, The Counterfeit Moron, will premiere in February as part of the Chain Theater Winter One-Act festival In New York City.