Diablo Cody

AKA:
Brook Busey-Hunt Brook Busey
Birthdate:
06/14/1978
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
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Diablo Cody’s spectacular rise to the top of the pop culture stratosphere started in, of all places, the blogosphere. Cody, who became the hottest screenwriter on the planet after her debut feature, “Juno” (2007), opened to great acclaim and big box-office, started out modestly as an Internet blogger – if “modestly” is the appropriate word for an online diary chronicling Cody’s adventures as a professional stripper. In the great tradition of Hollywood discovery stories – e.g. Lana Turner catapulting to fame from a fountain stool at Schwab’s Drugstore in Hollywood – a literary manager “found” Continued
Credits
Screenplay
2007
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
First foray into writing, a parody of a weblog called Red Secretary, detailing the (fictional) exploits of a secretary living in Belarus
 
Wrote the blog, Darling Girl that described her married life and adventures exploring the cultural hotspots of Minneapolis
 
Began stripping in a Minneapolis club; also spent time working peep shows at Sex World, a Minneapolis adult novelty and DVD store
 
Chronicled her year-long stint in the stripping and peep show circuits of Minneapolis on her blog, The Pussy Ranch
 
Began writing about popular culture for City Pages, an alternative Twin Cities newspaper
2005 
Published her memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
Continued