Stephen Chbosky

Stephen Chbosky born January 25 1970 is an American novelist screenwriter and film director bestknown for writing The New York Times bestselling comingofage novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999 as well as for writing and directing the film version of the same book starring Logan Lerman Emma Watson and Ezra Miller He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent and Disneys 2017 live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast alongside Evan Spiliotopoulos and was cocreator executive producer and writer of the CBS television series Jericho which aired from 2006 to 2008 Most recently he directed the 2017 drama Wonder starring Julia Roberts Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay His next novel Imaginary Friend was published in October 2019