Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk at BookCon in June 2018
BornCharles Michael Palahniuk
(1962-02-21) February 21, 1962
Pasco, Washington, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Period1996–present
Genre
Literary movement
Notable works
Signature
Website
www.chuckpalahniuk.net

Charles Michael Palahniuk (/ˈpɔːlənɪk/;, Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɐlɐɦˈnʲuk], born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist of Ukrainian and French ancestry who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories. His first published novel was Fight Club, which was adapted into a film of the same title.