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Article: Author strikes a chord with teens.(Education)(His novel about suicide becomes a word-of-mouth best-seller)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2009
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Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard
For nine years, would-be author Jay Asher tried in vain to hook book publishers on his lighthearted stories for young children.
He finally struck gold - but not before taking a sharp turn down a darker path.
Asher's debut novel, "13 Reasons Why," is an anato my of a teenage suicide, told through transcripts of audiotapes recorded by 16-year-old Hannah Baker as she prepares to end her life.
Asher, whose 2007 book has been on the New York Times' best-seller list for 50 weeks, will speak twice at the Eugene Public Library on Saturday - first to a general audience at 1 p.m. and then in a session ...