Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for the coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999). He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent, and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which began airing in 2006. Stephen Chbosky was raised in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, the son of Fred and Lea Chbosky. As a teena... more

Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for the coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999). He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent, and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which began airing in 2006. Stephen Chbosky was raised in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, the son of Fred and Lea Chbosky. As a teenager, Chbosky "enjoyed a good blend of the classics, horror, and fantasy." He was heavily influenced by J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye and the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. Chbosky graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in 1988, around which time he met Stewart Stern, screenwriter of the 1955 James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause. Stern became Chbosky's "good friend and mentor", and proved a major influence on Chbosky's career. In 1992, Chbosky graduated from the University of Southern California's... less