Ned Vizzini

Birth Name:

Edison Price Vizzini

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer

Attended Hunter College located in New York City, where he studied computer science
After years of battling depression, he committed suicide at 32-years-old by jumping off the roof of an apartment building in Brooklyn, New York
Began freelance writing for the New York Press and later New York Times Magazine, all while still a teenager
His second novel, the semi-autobiographical It's Kind of a Funny Story, was published in 2006 and later commissioned into a film
Published his first novel, Be More Chill, in 2004 at the age of 23
Transitioned into writing for television by the early 2010s, with his first episodes being MTV's "Teen Wolf", NBC's "Believe" and ABC's "Last Resort"
Traveled the country as a spokesperson for mental health issues

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