Ned Vizzini

Author and speaker Ned Vizzini created three of the touchstone young-adult books of the 2000s: It's Kind of a Funny Story (also a major motion picture), Be More Chill, and Teen Angst? Naaah.... He has written about literature, adolescence, and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, and Huffington Post. He currently reviews books for L Magazine. His work has been translated into seven languages. His next novel, The Other Normals, will be published in the fall of 2012. He lives in Los Angeles, where he writes for television and film, with his wife, Sabra Embury, and their young son.