Nicolas Sheff

ABOUT NICOLAS SHEFF

Writer who rose to fame for his debut 2009 memoir Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines, which inspired the 2018 film Beautiful Boy . His second 2012 book We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction landed him on the New York Times' best-sellers list.

He grew up addicted to methamphetamine and heroin. He first obtained longer-term sobriety at age 28.

He has worked as a story editor and writer for the popular Netflix series 13 Reasons Why . He wrote the 2013 episode "Try" of Netflix's original series The Killing .

His wife's name is Jette. His father David wrote the 2008 memoir Beautiful Boy.

He was portrayed by Timothée Chalamet in the 2018 drama film Beautiful Boy.