scott bradlee wrote the perks of being a wallflower.
who wrote the perks of being a wallflower?
scott bradlee
in 1994, chbosky was working on a "very different type of book" than "the perks of being a wallflower" when he wrote the line, "i guess that's just one of the perks of being a wallflower." chbosky recalled that he "wrote that line. and stopped. and realized that somewhere in that [sentence] was the kid i was really trying to find." after several years of gestation, chbosky began researching and writing "the perks of being a wallflower", an epistolary novel that follows the intellectual and emotional maturation of a teenager who uses the alias charlie over the course of his first year of high school. the book is semi-autobiographical; chbosky has said that he "relate[s] to charlie[...] but my life in high school was in many ways different."
stephen chbosky
the perks of being a wallflower (soundtrack) is the official music for the book turned film, "the perks of being a wallflower (2012)." the soundtrack was selected by music supervisor, alexandra patsavas and the score was composed michael brook. the film itself follows the main characters charlie, and step brother and sister combo patrick and sam, as they grow throughout high school.
the perks of being a wallflower (film)