Stephen Chbosky is an accomplished American author, born in 1970 and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents, Fred G. Chbosky and Lea (née Meyer), were a consultant to CFOs and steel company executive, and a tax preparer, respectively. Chbosky was raised in the Catholic faith and went on to attend the University of Southern California's Filmic Writing Program.
Chbosky's professional career began with the premiere of his first film, "The Four Corners of Nowhere," at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. The film went on to win Best Narrative Feature honors at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. He has since received the Abraham Polonsky Screenwriting Award for his screenplay "Everything Divided" and participated in the Sundance Institute's filmmakers' lab for his project "Fingernails and Smooth Skin." Chbosky's work has earned him recognition and respect in the film industry.
Chbosky is best known for writing the New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" in 1999. He later wrote and directed the film adaptation of the same book, which starred Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. In addition to his work on "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," Chbosky wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film "Rent" and was a co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the CBS television series "Jericho," which began airing in 2006.