Birth:

Michael Chabon was born May 24, 1963 in Washington, DC.

Best Known For:

Michael Chabon is a novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short story writer, best know for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.

Early Life:

Michael Chabon grew up in the suburbs of Columbia, Maryland with his parents Robert, a physician, lawyer, and hospital administrator, and Sharon, a lawyer.

His parents divorced when he was about 11, and Michael Chabon lived with his mother. He grew up reading comic books and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer.

Education:

Michael Chabon earned an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984. In 1987, Chabon received a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California at Irvine.

Michael Chabon's master's thesis at UC Irvine was the novel, Mysteries of Pittsburgh. He never intended to publish the work, but his professor thought it was so good that he secretly sent the manuscript to an agent. Mysteries of Pittsburgh was published in 1988, and Michael received an astonishing $155,000 for the work, one of the highest figures ever paid for a first novel by a young, unknown fiction writer. The novel achieved him instant fame and success.

Professional Career:

Michael Chabon began writing and publishing short stories between 1987 and 1990, mostly in The New Yorker but also in Gentleman's Quarterly and Mademoiselle.

His next novel, The Wonder Boys was published in 1995, and was made into a critically acclaimed movie by the same name in 2000. Clabon's third novel, The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay won him a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. Other works by Michael Chabon include A Model World, Werewolves in Their Youth, and a children's fantasy novel, Summerland.