Ned Vizzini Biography

Fast Facts

• 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
• 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
• 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