Ned Vizzini's Death
Born (Birthday) April 4, 1981
Death Date December 19, 2013
Age of Death 32 years
Cause of Death Suicide
Profession Young Adult Author
The young adult author Ned Vizzini died at the age of 32. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
American author who wrote four young adult books including It’s Kind of a Funny Story, which was named #56 on the list of the 100 Best Teen Novels of all time by NPR.
He married Sara Embury, and they had a son.
Quotes
"I have an issue with dogs – I can’t pick up after them. It’s nothing personal; it just makes me feel like a servant.
"Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.
"Game of Thrones’ cares about children. Children are heirs. There’s no hemming and hawing about how they’re desensitized to violence or they cost too much to send to college. They’re a blessing – in many ways the only blessing – and even the evil ones have parents who love them.
"I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person present. It’s just the easiest way.
"Adolescence is the most Technicolor time in our lives. It’s the time when adulthood is new and we care most about it. It contains the highs and lows that excite me as a writer.