Around the anniversary of his death by suicide, I wrote a piece honoring YA author Ned Vizzini for the Barnes and Noble Teen Blog. He is the author of one of my favorite books, It’s Kind of a Funny Story.
I wish I could remember what led me to It’s Kind of a Funny Story. I desperately want to share the meet-cute origin story of my love affair with this novel, but I don’t recall it. But that doesn’t stop this book from being one of the most important reads in my life, and it didn’t stop me from feeling completely gutted, three years ago last month, when the writer ended his life.
Read it here
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