Jill Bialosky is the author of Asylum and four other critically acclaimed collections of poetry; The Deceptions and three other critically acclaimed novels; and two memoirs, including History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has been a finalist for the James Laughlin Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the Books for a Better Life Award. In 2014, she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to poetry. She is executive editor and vice president at W. W. Norton & Company. She lives in New York City. Find out more at JillBialosky.com.
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“It is so nice to be happy. It always gives me a good feeling to see other people happy … It is so easy to achieve.” —Kim’s journal entry, May 3, 1988 On the night of April 15, 1990, Jill Bialosky’s twenty-one-year-old sister Kim came home ... SEE MORE