Charles John "Chuck" Klosterman (born June 5, 1972) is an American journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, and The Washington Post, and has written books focusing on American popular culture. Klosterman was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota to Florence and William Klosterman, and grew up on a farm in nearby Wyndmere, North Dakota.[2] Klosterman was raised Catholic. He graduated from Wyndmere High School in 1990 and from the University of North Dakota in 1994.

After college he was a journalist in Fargo, North Dakota and later an arts critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio, before moving to New York City in 2002. Klosterman was a senior writer for Spin and had a column titled "My Back Pages" (formerly "Rant and Roll Over" and "### Words from Chuck Klosterman"). In March 2006, it was reported that Klosterman was fired after the magazine was sold and editor-in-chief Sia Michel was replaced, along with many other staffers.

He still regularly contributes as a featured columnist to Esquire and has written for GQ, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, and The Washington Post. Klosterman participated in an e-mail exchange on ESPN's Page 2 with writer Bill Simmons in August 2004. In September 2005, Simmons interviewed him in his "Curious Guy" segment.

Though initially recognized for his rock writing, Klosterman has written extensively about sports and began contributing articles to Page 2 on November 8, 2005. The ESPN site featured his week-long blog from Super Bowl XL in early 2006, and a weekend-long blog covering his experience at the 2007 Final Four.

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