Occupation Novelist Role Writer Name Jay Asher | Genre Young Adult Nationality American | |
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Children Isaiah Nathan born on December 11, 2010 Books Thirteen Reasons Why, The Future of Us, Scoring with Logic Pro, Going Pro with Logic Pro 8, 13 Reasons Why PB 9 Similar People Carolyn Mackler, Gayle Forman, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins |
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Jay Asher is an American writer of contemporary novels for teens. He is best known for writing Thirteen Reasons Why.
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Biography

Jay Asher was born in Arcadia, California on September 30, 1975. He grew up with a family that encouraged him to pursue all of his interests right after graduating from San Luis Obispo High School. It was here where he wrote his first two children’s books for a class called Children’s Literature Appreciation. After high school, he decided he wanted to become an elementary school teacher. He then transferred to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he left his senior year in order to pursue his career as a serious writer. He married Joan Marie on September 7, 2002. Throughout his life he worked in various establishments, including working as a salesman in a shoe store and in libraries and bookstores. Many of his work experiences influenced some aspect of his writing.
Career

He has published three books to date, Thirteen Reasons Why, a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel, and The Future of Us, co written by Carolyn Mackler and "The Bible".

He has written several picture books and middle school humor novels. Thirteen Reasons Why has won several awards and has received five stars from Teen Book Review. It also has received high praise from fellow authors such as Ellen Hopkins, Sherman Alexie, Chris Crutcher, and Gordon Korman.
Asher is a fan of the TV series How I Met Your Mother. He cites it as a major influence on his work.
Netflix released a series based on Asher's novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, with Selena Gomez as an executive producer on March 31, 2017.