New York Times Best-Selling Author To Speak At Ramsey High School

RAMSEY, NJ — Kate Fagan, author of The New York Times bestseller "What Made Maddy Run," will speak at Ramsey High School Jan. 29.

The book chronicles the life and suicide of Madison Holleran, a New Jersey track star who killed herself by jumping off a building while a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania four years ago this month.

Holleran attended Northern Highlands Regional High School and lived in Allendale. Her legacy lives on in the Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act, which Governor Christie signed into law in 2016. The law requires that all New Jersey colleges provide students with 24-hour access to health care professionals with mental health training with the hope of preventing students from attempting suicide.

Fagan's book received widespread acclaim.

Fagan's talk will be at the school's auditorium beginning at 7 p.m.

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