Claire Elise Murray
11/25/13
Honors English
Bell 2
11/25/13
Honors English
Bell 2
The book I chose is Thirteen
Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Thirteen Reasons Why was
Jay Asher's first published novel. Jay was born September 30th, 1975
he was born in Arcadia, California and grew up there. His family supported
all of his interests including writing and playing the guitar. Growing up Jay
was a very shy but when he got close to a group of friends he was very
outgoing. He was involved in a lot of garage bands playing the guitar and
singing. He attended Cuesta College right after graduating from high school. At
that point Jay wanted to be an elementary school teacher. He transferred
to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he
left his senior year to pursue his career as a serious writer.
He has published two books
to this date, Thirteen Reasons Why in 2007 and he
co-wrote The
Future of Us that came out in 2011 with Carolyn
Mackler. Today, Jay is touring
cities around the country to speak and sign books. He has one son and is
married. An interesting fact about Jay is that he spent most of the time writing his first book in a coffee
shop, and for his second book he spent most of his time at a small table in his
living room. A lot of experiences that Jay had in his life were portrayed in
his book Thirteen Reasons Why.
This video shows Jay Asher's interview with Barnes&Noble about his book Thirteen Reasons Why.
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