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Vizzini, who often spoke and wrote about his struggles with severe clinical depression, died by suicide on December 19, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 32. The New York City chief medical examiner's office said he suffered blunt impact injuries. The writer's brother, Daniel, told reporters
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review called the novel "impressive," noting that "Vizzini’s sense of pacing, structure and character is solid, and his casual vernacular is dead-on, simultaneously capturing the paranoia and self-obsessed negativity of depression as well as the sexual curiosity of adolescence."
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psychiatric ward. The book recounts fifteen-year-old Craig Gilner's battle with suicidal depression as a result of a taxing school year at Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School that exacerbates his feeling of social inadequacy. A
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Vizzini spoke at schools and libraries around the world about mental health, writing, and how students can use writing as a medicine for mental health. He spoke at
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was published. It is an "alternative fantasy" about a teenager who falls into a fantasy world that is the basis of his favorite
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of his teenage years. It is a collection of short stories, most of which were originally published in
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in his early 20s, and authoring several works about the illness. He was found dead in his native
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said, "The sharp wit from author Ned Vizzini’s earlier works ... is on display here as well."
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placed at #56 in its list of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" and which is the basis of the
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that Vizzini had jumped off the roof of the building where their parents lived.
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What are ten important dates in your life and what happened on those dates?
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Vizzini and Antosca were story editors on ABC's 2013 drama series
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Vizzini's first published work was an essay he submitted to the
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was published. It is based on his five-day stay in Brooklyn's
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In May 1998, Vizzini's essay "Teen Angst? Nah!" appeared in
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Archived from 483:The National Council of Teachers of English 283:columns became the core of his first book, 20: 837:Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) 501:From 2006 to 2012, Vizzini facilitated a 336:in summer 2015, with music and lyrics by 914:"Good bets for those on the 'nice' list" 674:Catherine Wigginton (November 7, 2006). 887:"The Other Normals « Beyond Books" 725: 723: 582: 509:. The workshops were held monthly in a 1200:Yardley, William (December 20, 2013). 1175:Kellogg, Carolyn (December 20, 2013). 595:Yardley, William (December 20, 2013). 571:House of Secrets: Battle of the Beasts 590: 588: 586: 434:His essays and criticism appeared in 7: 1333:Suicides by jumping in New York City 1177:"Writer Ned Vizzini has died at 32" 421:, was published. It debuted on the 262:Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 1288:21st-century American male writers 1134:. Park Slope Patch. March 26, 2011 912:Vane, Sharyn (November 25, 2012). 858:Carpenter, Susan (April 9, 2006). 14: 359:In 2006, Vizzini's second novel, 279:. Following this, several of his 222:Vizzini grew up primarily in the 1080:"How Not to Go Crazy in College" 31: 1313:Novelists from New York (state) 1293:21st-century American novelists 804:Rodberg, Simon (May 16, 2004). 441:The Los Angeles Review of Books 381:In 2012, Vizzini's third novel 340:. It premiered at New Jersey's 316:was published. A review in the 1303:American young adult novelists 1221:"Ned Vizzini & wife Sabra" 839:. Associated Press. p. 8F 831:Toosi, Nahal (June 18, 2006). 431:gave the book an "A−" review. 1: 1328:Stuyvesant High School alumni 1223:. Daily E News. 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Vizzini in 2010
New York City
Stuyvesant High School
Hunter College
Young adult fiction
Be More Chill
It's Kind of a Funny Story
House of Secrets
books for young adults
It's Kind of a Funny Story
NPR
film of the same name
depression
psychiatric ward
Brooklyn, New York
suicide
Park Slope
Brooklyn
New York City
Stuyvesant High School
Manhattan
New York Press
alternative newspaper
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
New York Times Magazine
The New York Times
memoir
Hunter College
Be More Chill
New York Times Book Review

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