Chuck Palahniuk’s ten previous novels are the best-selling Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Haunted, Lullaby, Diary, Choke-which has been made into a film by director Clark Gregg, starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston-Survivor, Invisible Monsters, and Fight Club, which was made into a film by director David Fincher. He is also the author of the nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, Fugitives and Refugees, published as part of the Crown Journeys series, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.