I recently got the chance to chat with Ned Vizzini, coauthor of newly released House of Secrets, about life, storytelling, and his new TV series Believe on NBC. Check out what he had to say!
Ned Vizzini is the New York Times bestselling author of young-adult books It’s Kind of a Funny Story, The Other Normals, Be More Chill, and Teen Angst? Naaah…. In television, he has written for MTV’s Teen Wolf and currently writes for NBC’s Believe, forthcoming in March 2014 from J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón. His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and the New Yorker. He is the coauthor with Chris Columbus of the fantasy-adventure series House of Secrets. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He lives in Los Angeles.
Thanks for chatting with us today, Ned! First off, tell us a bit about yourself.
Hey! We’re the same age! (And now I feel quite unaccomplished after reading your bio…) Moving on!
Your latest book, HOUSE OF SECRETS, was on the NYTimes Bestseller list for 5 weeks straight. (Congrats!) How did that make you feel?
[Fat Jagger from House of Secrets]
[Bo and Tate from Believe]
House of Secrets is on my “to-read” list and “Believe” sounds amazing too.
The secret to getting everything done, no video games or social media. Too bad that’s not me.
Love the drawings for House of Secrets – would love to read it. I’ll keeping my eyes out for Believe too.
I really like the drawings as well. They really make the story even more intriguing.
It’s very interesting that he co-wrote Teen Wolf. it’s such a great show.
sounds like a fun one!
Looking forward to that TV series!
Teen wolf, co writer?! thats awesome!
I actually want to see believe 🙂 Great interview. Love a good book with good evil characters :p
I love pirates! Looks like a cute book, even though it is BIG.
Pirates are one of my favorites – even the evil ones. Looking forward to reading this some day!
I didn’t know Teen wolf was co-written. That’s cool!
I kind of want that Believe writer’s assistant job… Anyone else with me?
The drawings look amazing. I def need this in my “to be read” list.
Evil Characters falling in love, like that. Always hope for goodness
Ned’s a busy man! Actually, so am I, but I’d MAKE time to read “House of Secrets”. It’s been on my TBR list for awhile now. First time I saw that cover, I knew I had to read the book!
I like his comments about co-writing, very interesting about the Teen Wolf…looks like a great author, thank you
The art is very nice.
Whoa, they worked on Teen Wolf?! That’s cool. 😀
I enjoyed the discussion around collaboration – this seems like it would be a difficult process when writing to find someone that writes in a way that could merge with yours.
Pirates! Awesome! And JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron are my favorite directors ever! Totally psyched for that show now!
This is a great interview! Mr. Vizzini has such a great sense of humor, I love it! (hey, there’s nothing sexier, IMO, than a funny man… ;-)) I am eager to check out the new show BELIEVE. It sounds really good and definitely like something I would enjoy. I’ve been trying to get my hands on HOUSE OF SECRETS since it came out (I have to enter loads of contests because I’m not working right now and simply don’t have the budget to buy ALL of the books I want to read!)… so I’m keeping my fingers crossed for this one! Thanks a million for this giveaway, and the many, many others here that I enter… 🙂
Now I can’t wait until March 2014….Believe looks interesting!
i loved your interview… and that new show looks awesome 🙂
The book is on my to read and now those awesome sketches makes it more awesome 🙂