Brent Runyon

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born

January 01, 1977 in The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.burnjournals.com

genre

Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

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Brent Runyon was 14 years old when he set himself on fire. His first book, The Burn Journals, is a memoir of his suicide survival. He is a contributor to public radio's This American Life, and lives on Cape Cod, where he works as a newspaper reporter. His third book, Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers, written with longtime collaborator Christina Egloff, is in bookstores now.

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Books by Brent Runyon

Average rating: 3.73 · 2,789 ratings · 492 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Burn Journals 3.83 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Maybe 3.24 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers 3.19 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Brent Runyon

“So what does that make you think about God?
I think that maybe, if human beings have souls, that maybe their souls are in their eyes. That maybe that's what the color is. Their souls.”
― Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

8 people liked it

“The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.”
― Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

tags: introversion , introvert , introverts

7 people liked it

“I was surprised that every single person I talked to had a story about how depression had affected their lives. Carmelita Gamboa, a teenager in Michigan, later wrote to me, "The sad thing is, after a while, it starts to feel like home". It does, doesn't it?”
― Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals

7 people liked it

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The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon

10 votes, 8.3%

After by After

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3 votes, 2.5%

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