Chuck Palahniuk
Author of Fight Club
About the Author
Chuck Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a journalist and as a diesel mechanic. He has written numerous novels including Survivor, Invisible Monsters, show more Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread. Fight Club was made into a film by director David Fincher and Choke was made into a film by director Clark Gregg. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees, a nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Chuck Palahniuk foto: Shawn Grant
Series
Works by Chuck Palahniuk
Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different (2020) 283 copies, 9 reviews
36 Craft Essays 8 copies
Tell-All / Pygmy / Snuff / Rant 7 copies
The Love Theme of Sybil and William 4 copies
Negative Reinforcement 3 copies
Fight Club 3 #3 2 copies
Tour Stories 2 copies
Survivor | Choke | Diary: A Novel 2 copies
Fight Club 3 #2 1 copy
Nevidimki 1 copy
Exodus 1 copy
Hot Potting 1 copy
Fight Club 1 copy
Exodus: A Story From Haunted 1 copy
Tour Stories Volume II 1 copy
Monkey Think, Monkey Do 1 copy
Associated Works
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contributor — 584 copies, 15 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (2006) — Contributor — 241 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Contributor — 224 copies, 5 reviews
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 130 copies, 1 review
Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Writer, some editions — 104 copies
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack's Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection (2008) — Foreword — 77 copies, 2 reviews
Nightmare Magazine, October 2015 - Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue (2015) — Contributor — 59 copies, 4 reviews
Qualia Nous: Vol. 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Palahniuk, Chuck
- Legal name
- Palahniuk, Charles Michael
- Birthdate
- 1962-02-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Pasco, Washington, USA
- Places of residence
- Pasco, Washington, USA (birth)
Burbank, Washington, USA
Eastern Washington, USA
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA
Vancouver, Washington, USA - Education
- University of Oregon (School of Journalism | 1986)
- Occupations
- novelist
journalist
essayist
mechanic
intern (National Public Radio) - Organizations
- National Public Radio member station KLCC (intern)
Freightliner (diesel mechanic)
Cacophony Society - Awards and honors
- Oregon Book Award for Best Novel (1997)
Oregon Book Award for Best Novel nominee (1999)
Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel nominee (2002 | 2005) - Agent
- Dan Kirschen and Sloan Harris (ICM Partners)
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Discussions
Choke in Someone explain it to me... (October 2019)
Fight Club in 1001 Books to read before you die (June 2008)
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Statistics
- Works
- 92
- Also by
- 17
- Members
- 97,422
- Popularity
- #93
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 1,672
- ISBNs
- 853
- Languages
- 28
- Favorited
- 655
Given the extreme constraints of the form and narrative voice, the (at times) disturbing content and the withering condemnation of contemporary America.. quite how this book manages to be not only readable, but enjoyable, hilarious and ultimately quite moving is beyond me.