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| name = Stephen Chbosky
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|25}}
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| occupation = [[author|Novelist]], [[screenwriter]], [[film director]]
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(contracted; show full) 2001.  Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[07-10]].</ref>  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.<ref name= "ign">Stax.  [http://movies.ign.com/articles/673/673041p1.html "10 Questions: Stephen Chbosky"], 
[[IGN]] Film Force, 2005-12-01.  Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[01-04]].</ref>

In 1992, Chbosky graduated from the [[University of Southern California]]'s screenwriting program.<ref name= "post">Owen, Rob.  [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06253/719941-237.stm "Upper St. Clair graduate writes for CBS's 'Jericho'"], [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]], 2006-09-10.  Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[01-04]].</ref>  He wrote, directed, and acted in the 1995 independent film '(contracted; show full);', an [[epistolary novel]] that follows the intellectual and emotional maturation of a teenager who calls himself Charlie over the course of his freshman year of high school.  The book is semi-[[autobiography|autobiographical]]; Chbosky has said that he "relate[s] to Charlie[...]But my life in high school was in many ways different."<ref name= "bei"/>

The book, Chbosky's first novel, was published by [[MTV|MTV Books]] in 1999, and was an immediate popular success with 
adolescentteenage readers; by 2000, the novel was MTV Books' best-selling title,<ref name= "bing"/> and it has''[[The New York Times]]'' noted in 2007 that it had sold more than 5700,000 copies as of 2005.<ref name= "trib"/nd "is passed from adolescent to adolescent like a hot potato".<ref name= "island">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E0DC153EF93BA35754C0A9619C8B63 "THE ISLAND; Reluctant Readers? Try Resistant Parents"], [[The New York Times]], 2007-07-08.  Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[01-04]].</ref>  ''Wallflower'' also stirred up controversy due to Chbosky's portrayal of [[youth sexuality|teen sexuality]], [[masturbation]], and [[drug use]].<ref>http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=552</ref>  The book has been banned in several schools and appeared on the [[American Library Association]]'s 2006 list of the 10 most frequently challenged books.<ref name= "island"/>⏎
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In 2000, Chbosky edited ''Pieces'', an anthology of short stories.  The same year, he worked with director [[Jon Sherman]] on a film adaptation of [[Michael Chabon]]'s novel ''[[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh]]'',<ref name= "trib"/> though the project fell apart by August 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20000926003509/home.earthlink.net/~mchabon/current.html |date = 2000-08-14 | title = In the Works | publisher = Michael Chabon's Web Site: Rattling Around | accessdate = 2007-02-04}}</ref>  Chbosky wrote the screenplay for the [[Rent (film)|2005 film adaptation]] of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[rock opera|rock musical]] ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', which received mixed reviews.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rent/</ref>  In late 2005, Chbosky said that he was writing a film adaptation of ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''.<ref name= "trib"/>

In the mid-20040s, Chbosky decided, on the advice of his agent, to begin looking for work in television in addition to film.<ref name= "post"/>  Finding he "enjoyed the people [he met who were working] in television",<ref name= "post"/> Chbosky agreed to serve as co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the [[CBS]] [[serial drama|serial television drama]] ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]'', which premiered in September 2006.  The series revolves around the inhabitants of the fictional small town of [[Jericho, Kansas (fictional town)|Jericho, Kansas]] in the aftermath of several nuclear attacks.  Chbosky has said the relationship between Jake Green, the main character, and his mother, reflected "me and my mother in a lot of ways".<ref name= "post"/>  The first season of ''Jericho'' received lackluster [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]], and CBS canceled the show in May 2007.<ref>Fitzgerald, Toni.  [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=499&num=11271.asp "Flop sweat: 'Jericho' dips to new low"], 2007-04-05.</ref><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117932579611204905.html?mod=home_whats_news_us "CBS Rolls Out 5 New Shows for Fall"], [[The Wall Street Journal[[Media Life Magazine]], 2007-04-05.  Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[01-04]].</ref><ref>Adalian, Josef.  [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964967.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 "CBS cancels 'Jericho,' two others"], [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 2007-05-15.  Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[01-04]].</ref>  A [[grassroots]] campaign to revive the series convinced CBS to renew the series for a second season, which will premiere on [[February 12]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jerichoboard.cbs.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=CBSMBJericho&tid=13329 | title=A Message From CBS Entertainment | publisher=CBS | author=Nina Tassler | date=[[2007-06-06]] | accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref><ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20071203cbs03</ref>

Chbosky lives in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and is an active [[gay]]-[[LGBT social movements|gay rights]] supporter.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|0154716}}  

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