Authors >
Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky
Photo Credit:

Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Southern California's Filmic Writing Program. His first film, The Four Corners of Nowhere, premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Best Narrative Feature honors at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. He helped edit and contributed material to John Leguizamo's Broadway show, sexaholix. He also edited Pieces, a collection of short stories for Pocket Books. Most recently, he wrote the screenplay for the critically acclaimed film adaptation of Rent. He also co-created and served as executive producer of the post-apocalyptic drama, Jericho, which found a place in... Read full bio

X Are you a fan?

Find out about new releases by this author, recommendations, special offers, and more.

Related multimediaclose x

Video

1 to 1 of 1
  • 1635265513_1717992271001_75-full
    1. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
    02:26
    1716803660001
See more multimedia
The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition will be released on January 03, 2013 in
Jan 03, 2013
Jan 03, 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition will be released on January 03, 2013 in
Jan 03, 2013
Jan 03, 2013
Pieces will be released on December 16, 2012 in
Dec 16, 2012
Pieces is now available in
Dec 16, 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower will be released on September 13, 2012 in
Sep 13, 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is now available in
Sep 13, 2012
Jul 02, 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower will be released on May 01, 2012 in
May 01, 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is now available in
May 01, 2012
Excerpt:
Text Excerpt 1 from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Dec 17, 2011
The Perks of Being a Wallflower will be released on February 02, 2009 in
Feb 02, 2009
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is now available in
Feb 02, 2009

Authors on the Web

Alligator Online, June 14, 2013
...s traversing high school. The film adaptation – written and directed by the author of the novel himself, Stephen Chbosky – perfectly captures the essence of growing up; the classic coming-of-age story, if you will. Logan Lerman hit the nail on the...
KNAU, June 12, 2013
...publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. A school board in Glen Ellyn, Ill., has voted to restore Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being A Wallflower to shelves, after a parent's complaint led to its removal from Hadley Junior High School...
Noozhawk.com, June 12, 2013
...ongoing transition. The conference is an ongoing story, and each year is a chapter of that story.” Speaker Stephen Chbosky The conference kicked off its series of accomplished novelists on Saturday with a lecture from Stephen Chbosky, author,...
Huffington Post, June 11, 2013
...set to return to classrooms in the fall. The Glen Ellyn District 41 school board voted in the Stephen Chbosky book after it was pulled from eighth-grade classrooms at Hadley Junior High School earlier this year due to a parent's objection to the book's...
New Yorker, June 11, 2013
...When I was a teen-ager, in the mid-nineties, I didn?t read much young-adult fiction?I sought out books for grownups. This was not so much a reflection of my insatiable curiosity as an indictment of the Y.A. offerings of the era: ?The Boxcar Children? and...
Chicago Suburban Newspapers, June 11, 2013
...s independent reading program. After the previous District 41 Board of Education voted to remove the book by Stephen Chbosky from Hadley classrooms due to its mature content, new board members voted to reinstate the book as an option for independent...
Chicago Daily Herald, June 11, 2013
...the book and filed a formal request in January to remove it from classrooms. The book, written by Stephen Chbosky and published in 1999, is a coming-of-age tale about a 15-year-old high school freshman who writes letters to an anonymous friend. A...
Buzzle.com, May 31, 2013
...into perpetual sadness, anger or depression. Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. ~ Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower The unpredictable nature of change in our lives, makes it colorful and interesting....
Big News Network, May 31, 2013
...am and what everyone's expectations of me are."Emma credits 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' director Stephen Chbosky for giving her confidence by casting her in the coming-of-age movie and helping her shake off the good girl stereotype she gained...
Times of India, May 31, 2013
...thinks she is and what everyone expects from her. She credited 'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' director, Stephen Chbosky, for giving her the confidence to shake off the good-girl stereotype she gained by playing Hermione from the tender age of nine...
International Business Times Canada, May 30, 2013
..." adds Watson. For those who didn't know, it was Emma's hard work as to why Stephen Chbosky's "Perks of Being a Wallflower" had been produced. "It didn't even occur to me that it wouldn't be made, because Logan was already attached, and I...
International Business Times UK, May 30, 2013
...Watson. FOLLOW IBTIMES For those who didn't know, it was Emma's hard work as to why Stephen Chbosky's "Perks of Being a Wallflower" had been produced. "It didn't even occur to me that it wouldn't be made, because Logan was already attached, and I...
IndiaVision, May 30, 2013
...thinks she is and what everyone expects from her. She credited ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’ director, Stephen Chbosky, for giving her the confidence to shake off the good-girl stereotype she gained by playing Hermione from the tender age of nine...
Oman Observer, May 30, 2013
...It was only when she was cast as Sam in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by director Stephen Chbosky the following year, she began to rebuild her self-esteem. "After Harry Potter, I didn’t feel very confident in myself as an actor. It’s lucky that...