Ned Vizzini

Ned Vizzini (4 April 1981 to 19 December 2013) was an American writer from New York City who wrote four novels for young adults. His best known, It's Kind of a Funny Story (2006), drew on time he spent in psychiatric care as a young man, became a film and was ranked 56th in NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. He wrote openly about depression.