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Chuck Palahniuk (Charles Michael Palahniuk) was born on 21 February, 1962 in Pasco, Washington, U.S., is an American novelist (born 1962). Discover Chuck Palahniuk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Charles Michael Palahniuk
Occupation Novelist · essayist
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February 1962
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace Pasco, Washington, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Timeline

1907

His paternal grandfather migrated from Ukraine to Canada and then to New York in 1907.

Palahniuk grew up living in a mobile home in Burbank, Washington.

His parents separated when he was 14 years old, and they subsequently divorced, often leaving him and his three siblings to live with their maternal grandparents at their cattle ranch in eastern Washington.

1962

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk ( born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist 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.

Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol Adele (née Tallent) and Fred Palahniuk.

He has French and Ukrainian ancestry.

1986

Palahniuk attended the University of Oregon in his 20s, graduating in journalism in 1986.

He interned at the local public radio station, KLCC, as part of his coursework.

He wrote for the local newspaper for a short while but then began working for Freightliner Trucks as a diesel mechanic, continuing until his writing career took off.

During that time, he wrote manuals on fixing trucks and had a stint as a journalist, a job to which he did not return until after he became a successful novelist.

1988

After casually attending a seminar by Landmark Education, Palahniuk quit his job as a journalist in 1988.

He performed volunteer work for a homeless shelter and volunteered at a hospice as an escort, providing transportation for terminally ill people, taking them to support group meetings.

He ceased volunteering upon the death of a patient to whom he had grown attached.

Palahniuk began writing fiction in his early 30s.

By his account, he started writing while attending workshops for writers that were hosted by Tom Spanbauer, which he attended to meet new friends.

Spanbauer largely inspired Palahniuk's minimalistic writing style.

After his first novel, Invisible Monsters, was rejected by all publishers he submitted it to, he began work on his first published novel, Fight Club.

Palahniuk wrote this story in his spare time while working for Freightliner.

1995

After initially publishing it as a short story (which became chapter 6 of the novel) in the 1995 compilation Pursuit of Happiness, Palahniuk expanded it into a full novel, which, contrary to his expectations, a publisher accepted.

While the original hardcover edition of the book received positive reviews and some awards, it had a short shelf life.

Initially, Palahniuk struggled to find a literary agent and went without one until after the publication of Fight Club.

After he began receiving attention from 20th Century Fox, Palahniuk was signed by actor and literary agent, Edward Hibbert.

Hibbert eventually guided and brokered the deal that took Fight Club to the big screen.

1999

In 1999, the film adaptation by director David Fincher was released.

The film was a box office disappointment (although it was No. 1 at the U.S. box office in its first weekend) and critical reaction was mixed, but a cult following soon emerged as the DVD of the film became popular upon release.

Three editions of the novel have been published in paperback, in 1999, in 2004 (with a new introduction by the author about the success of the film adaptation), and in 2005 (with an afterword by Palahniuk).

A revised version of Invisible Monsters, as well as his fourth novel, Survivor, were published in 1999.

A few years later Palahniuk managed to complete his first New York Times bestseller, the novel Choke, which later was made into a movie.

The year 1999 brought a series of great personal tragedies to Palahniuk's life.

At that time, his father, Fred Palahniuk, had started dating a woman named Donna Fontaine, whom he had met through a personal ad under the title "Kismet".

Her former boyfriend, Dale Shackelford, had previously been imprisoned for sexual abuse and had vowed to kill Fontaine as soon as he was released from prison.

Palahniuk believes that, using a personal ad, Fontaine was looking for "the biggest man she could find" to protect her from Shackelford, and Palahniuk's father qualified.

After his release, Shackelford followed Fontaine and the senior Palahniuk to Fontaine's home in Kendrick, Idaho, after they had gone out for a date.

Shackelford then shot them both and dragged their bodies into Fontaine's cabin home, which he then set alight.

2001

In the spring of 2001, Shackelford was found guilty for two counts of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

In the wake of these events, Palahniuk began working on the novel Lullaby.

He has stated that he wrote the novel to help him cope with having participated in the decision to have Shackelford receive the death sentence.

2007

Palahniuk acknowledged in a 2007 interview that he is a distant nephew of actor Jack Palance, and that his family had talked of distant relations with Palance.