ned . ▁ ▁Author ▁and ▁celebr ity ▁When ▁St ub born ▁Child ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁it ▁received ▁national ▁attention . ▁Pro files ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁Boston ▁Glo be ▁Magazine ▁and ▁in ▁People . ▁Mark ▁kept ▁in ▁touch ▁with ▁his ▁publish er ▁using ▁public ▁tele ph ones ▁and ▁gave ▁inter views ▁from ▁park ▁ben ches . ▁The ▁movie ▁rights ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁director ▁William ▁Fried kin ▁for ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁never ▁produced . ▁Dev lin ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁author ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁the ▁L yman ▁School ▁for ▁Boys ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁an ▁in mate . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁ 3 0 ▁years , ▁Dev lin ▁was ▁hom eless , ▁although ▁he ▁had ▁periods ▁of ▁stability . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁after ▁a ▁suic ide ▁attempt , ▁he ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁b ip olar ▁dis order ▁and ▁respond ed ▁well ▁to ▁medic ation ▁and ▁a ▁so ber ▁l ifest yle ▁for ▁parts ▁of ▁several ▁years . ▁He ▁wrote ▁an ▁un pub lished ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁break down , ▁and ▁made ▁several ▁starts ▁on ▁a ▁work ▁of ▁fiction ▁about ▁his ▁father ' s ▁life ▁and ▁their ▁relationship . ▁He ▁maintained ▁long standing ▁friend ships ▁despite ▁his ▁l ifest yle ▁and ▁increasing ▁physical ▁and ▁legal ▁problems . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁bi ograph ers ▁Category : M ale ▁bi ograph ers