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Stephen Chbosky Plans Tribute to Stephen King

The Upper St. Clair High School grad and director of 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is working on a new project.

The author, screenwriter and director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower is working on a new book.

Stephen Chbosky, an Upper St. Clair High School graduate, told the Post-Gazette that the book is his tribute to Stephen King, who is his favorite writer and storyteller.

The unnamed novel is set in western Pennsylvania, like The Perks of Being a Wallflower was.

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King also used the Pittsburgh area as a backdrop, including his novels Christine, From a Buick 8 and various short stories.

In the meantime, Chbosky is a member of the Hollywood Theater Board of Advisers and has "made it his mission" to raise enough money for a  to keep the theater open and running.

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"It means so much to me," Chbosky told the newspaper.

Scenes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower were filmed in the Dormont theater.

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