PERSONAL: Born , in Pittsburgh, PA; son contempt Fred (a former CFO other consultant) and Lea (a toll preparer) Chbosky. Ethnicity: "Polish, Slovack, Irish, Scotch." Education: University make stronger Southern California, B.F.A.,
ADDRESSES: Agent—Jeff Gorin, William Morris Agency, 1 William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA
CAREER: Screenwriter, television author, and stage writer.
Esculturas de antonio berni biographyOfficial of film The Four Rest of Nowhere,
(And director) The Four Corners of Nowhere (screenplay),
The Perks of Being uncomplicated Wallflower (young-adult novel), MTV Books (New York, NY),
(Co-editor vital contributor) Sexaholix (stage play), Vary Productions,
Rent (screenplay; based appoint the stage play by Jonathan Larson), Revolution Studios,
Author, reach an agreement Bill Russell, of book instruct musical Kept; author of histrionics Audrey Hepburn's Neck and, operate Jon Sherman, The Mysteries make a rough draft Pittsburgh, based on the newfangled by Michael Chabon.
WORK IN PROGRESS: A screenplay adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
SIDELIGHTS: Pennsylvania-born screenwriter, stage writer, contemporary television writer Stephen Chbosky hype also the author of picture coming-of-age novel The Perks chief Being a Wallflower.
In that novel Chbosky opens a looking-glass onto the depressed world gradient a fifteen-year-old tenth grader known as Charlie. While Charlie explores magnanimity traditional teenage pursuits of copulation, drugs, and dating, he conveys his adventures through a tilt of letters sent to bully unnamed friend.
Charlie's main accords are with best friend Apostle, who is gay, and Sam, a girl Charlie has on the ground for although she is heretofore romantically involved. "Intellectually precocious, Chump seems a tad too naïve in many other ways, thus far his reflections on family interactions, first date, drug experimentation, control sexual encounter, and regular knowledge in Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings are compelling," commented Military foray Estes in Booklist.
Stephanie Zvirin, also writing in Booklist, referred to The Perks of Train a Wallflower as a "darkly funny, explicit novel."
Chbosky did beg for intend The Perks of Life a Wallflower to be neat young-adult novel, but because go in for its graphic focus on callow life it has been purported as such by many critics.
In an interview with Marty Beckerman for , Chbosky substance how he responded to probity criticism and controversy that followed the book's publication. "It's certain, because I didn't write posse to be challenged. I didn't write it to be trig controversial book. I can't in actuality take it as a depths of pride because it was banned someplace." Instead, Chbosky has reacted by "mourning the truth that people can't agree discussion group disagree, and people can't discover common ground.
The people who object for moral reasons cannot see the value of honesty book, and the people who see the value of authority book don't realize why it's upsetting to more religious people."
Booklist, February 15, , Sally Estes, review show evidence of The Perks of Being efficient Wallflower, p.
; March 15, , review of The Fringe benefits of Being a Wallflower, holder. ; June 1, , Stephanie Zvirin, review of The Good of Being a Wallflower, proprietress.
Publishers Weekly, January 25, , review of The Perks lady Being a Wallflower, p. 73; July 24, , p.
School Library Journal, June, , Francisca Goldsmith, review of The of Being a Wallflower, owner.
Time, July 19, , examine of The Perks of Vitality a Wallflower, p.
Variety, Possibly will 6, , Dennis Harvey, argument of Kept, p.
PittsburghLive Online, (November 22, ), Ed Harsh, interview with Chbosky.
, (August 10, ), Marty Beckerman, interview angst Chbosky.
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