Ned Vizzini [SEP] place of death
He was found dead in his native Brooklyn, New York after an apparent suicide from a fall, aged 32.
Early life.
Ned 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. Vizzini's characters and situations are said to be based upon his time spent at Stuyvesant.
Career.
Vizzini's first published work was an essay he submitted to the "New York Press", an alternative newspaper, about
Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini (born Edison Price Vizzini, April 4, 1981 – December 19, 2013) was an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults including "It's Kind of a Funny Story", which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" and which is the basis of the film of the same name.
Vizzini suffered from depression, spending time in a psychiatric ward in his early 20s, and authoring several works about the illness.