Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He is best known for writing the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was made into a film of the same name. Chuck describes his writing as transgressive fiction. He attended college at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and graduated in 1986. He moved to Portland, Oregon and started writing for the local newspaper, but quit to work for Freightliner as a diesel mechanic. He worked that job until his writing career took off. Chuck released Fight Club as a short story initially and expanded it into a full novel that was published as his debut novel in 1996. He went on to release a number of other novels, including Survivor, Choke, Rant, Snuff, Haunted, Tell-All, Pygmy, Burnt Tongues, Make Something Up, Fight Club 2, Adjustment Day, and others. Several of his novels have been turned into films like Fight Club, Choke, Romance, Lullaby, and Rant. He has won several awards for his writing including two Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards and an Oregon Book Award.