Chuck Palahniuk Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He is the author of the award-winning novel "Fight Club", which also was made into a popular film of the same name. Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol Adele (née Tallent) and Fred Palahniuk. He has French and Ukrainian ancestry. His paternal grandfather was Ukrainian and migrated to New York from Canada in 1907. Palahniuk grew up living in a mobile home in Burbank, Washington. His parents separated when he was 14
Chuck Palahniuk an HBO miniseries. On September 11, 2014, the film version of "Rant" was announced, starring James Franco, with Pamela Romanowsky writing and directing. Beside his various promotional outings, Palahniuk has made several television appearances to discuss cultural issues, including "" exploring his beloved Pacific Northwest in 2007 and the BBC's "Hardtalk Extra" in 2004. The narratives of Palahniuk's books often are structured in medias res, starting at the temporal end, with the protagonist recounting the events that led up to the point at which the book begins. "Lullaby" used a variation of this, alternating between the normal, linear narrative and