Brook Busey-Maurio (born June 14, 1978), better known by the pen name
Diablo Cody, is an American screenwriter, producer, director, author, journalist, memoirist and stripper. She first became known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her "The Pussy Ranch" blog and in her memoir
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Later, Cody achieved critical acclaim for her debut script
Juno (2007), winning awards such as the
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.