Chuck Palahniuk

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (born February 21 1961 in Pasco, Washington, USA) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher. He has one of the largest centralized followings of any author on the Internet, based around his official web site. His writings, similar in style to those of such peers as Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, and Douglas Coupland, have made him one of the most popular novelists of Generation X.

Awards

Palahniuk has won the following awards:

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• the 1997 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (for Fight Club)
• the 1997 Oregon Book Award for Best Novel (for Fight Club){{ref|oba}}
• the 2003 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (for Lullaby){{ref|pnba}}

He was also nominated for the 1999 Oregon Book Award for Best Novel for Survivor and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for Lullaby.

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