Chuck Palahniuk facts for kids

Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk at BookCon in 2018
Born	Charles Michael Palahniuk February 21, 1962 (1962-02-21) Pasco, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, essayist
Alma mater	University of Oregon
Period	1996–present
Genres	Fiction, horror, satire
Literary movement	Postmodernism, minimalism
Notable work(s)	Fight Club, Choke, Rant, Invisible Monsters

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (born February 21, 1962) is an American satire author. He is well known for writing the award-winning book Fight Club. It was later made into a movie directed by David Fincher. He lives in the state of Washington.

Biography

Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington and raised in Burbank, Washington and Eastern Washington. started writing books when he was in his mid-thirties. His first book, Insomnia: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Already, was never made into a book because he didn't think the story was very good. When he tried to write his next novel, Invisible Monsters, publishers did not like it because they thought it was too scary. This made him work on his best known book, Fight Club. He wrote it to try to scare the publisher even more for not publishing his book. Palahniuk wrote this story in his spare time. After first writing it as a short story, Palahniuk made it longer into a full book, which, surprising to him, was published.

In 1999, a changed version of Invisible Monsters, and his fourth novel, Survivor, were published. This made Palahniuk a cult figure. A few years later Palahniuk wrote his first New York Times bestseller, Choke. After that, Palahniuk's later books would mostly have the same success. This success allowed him to travel and promote his books, where he reads from new and upcoming books.

Palahniuk is openly gay and a lapsed Catholic.

Images for kids

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  Chuck Palahniuk in 2004

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  Palahniuk at the Miami Book Fair International 2011