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Ned Vizzini
American writer
Edison Price Vizzini (April 4, 1981 – December 19, 2013) was an American writer.[1] He was the author of four books for young adults, including It's Kind of a Funny Story (2006), which NPR placed at #56 in its list of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels"[2] and which is the basis of the film of the same name.
Vizzini biography
Vizzini had depression, spending time in a psychiatric ward in his early 20s, and authoring several works about the illness. He was found dead in his native Brooklyn, New York after an apparent suicide from a fall, aged 32.[1]
Early life
Vizzini grew up primarily in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, graduating in 1999.[3] Vizzini's characters and situations are said to be based upon his time spent at Stuyvesant.[4]
Career
Vizzini's first published work was an essay he submitted to the New York Press, an alternative