Jay Asher is an American author born on September 30, 1975 in Arcadia, CA. He is best known for his New York Times bestselling novel Thirteen Reasons Why, which was adapted into a successful Netflix series in 2017. Asher also co-wrote The Future of Us.
Jay Asher is a member of Young Adult Author
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $51 Million (2024)
About
American author best known for his New York Times bestselling novel Thirteen Reasons Why. Asher is also known for a co-written work titled The Future of Us. In 2017, Thirteen Reasons Why was adapted into a successful Netflix series.
Before Fame
After graduating from California's Cuesta Community College and before pursuing a full-time writing career, he briefly studied elementary education at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Trivia
ABC's mid-1990s teen drama, My So-Called Life, greatly influenced Asher's work in the young adult fiction genre.
Family Life
He has a brother named Nate Asher. In late 2010, he and his wife Joan Marie welcomed a son named Isaiah.
Associated With
Author Sherman Alexie publicly praised Asher's book Thirteen Reasons Why.