'It's Kind of a Funny Story' author Ned Vizzini dies at age 32

By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best-selling young adult fiction writer Ned Vizzini, whose 2006 semi-autobiographical novel "It's Kind of a Funny Story" won plaudits for its portrayal of teenage depression and was adapted as a Hollywood film, has died at age 32. New York City medical examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer on Friday said that Vizzini had committed suicide and that his injuries were consistent with a fall from some height. Vizzini authored four young adult novels about late bloomers and unpopular teens, including "Be More Chill" and "The Other Normals" as well as a collection of essays titled "Teen Angst? Naaah...A Quasi-Autobiography." "I was totally blown away by his writing," Vizzini's editor Alessandra Balzer of HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray said in a statement posted on Facebook.



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