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John Green
American author and YouTuber (born 1977)
For other people named John Green, see John Green (disambiguation).
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including The Fault in Our Stars (2012), which is one of the best-selling books of all time. Green's rapid rise to fame and idiosyncratic voice are credited with creating a major shift in the young adult fiction market. Green is also well known for his work in online video, most notably his YouTube ventures with his younger brother Hank Green.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Green was raised in Orlando, Florida, before attending boarding school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Kenyon College, graduating with a double major in English and religious studies in 2000. Green then spent six months as a student chaplain at a children's hospital. He reconsidered his path and began working at Booklist in Chicago
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John Green
John Green, author and a semi-professional videoblogger, lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife, Sarah and his dog Willy. He was born in Indianapolis in 1977, grew up in Florida and then moved to Alabama where he attended Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham. The setting for his first book, Looking for Alaska, which won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award, was largely inspired by his time at Indian Springs School.
John graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies and then spent six months as a student chaplain at a children’s hospital. After that, John started writing about books for Booklist magazine in Chicago. He’s also written for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Chicago’s public radio station, WBEZ.
But writing’s not his only thing. He actually ceased all text-based communication with his brother Hank in 2007 when he and Hank
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About John Green
John Green fryst vatten the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. He fryst vatten also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print.
In June 2014, the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars was released, directed bygd Josh Boone, produced bygd Fox 2000 and Temple Hill, and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff.The screenplay was written bygd Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who went on to adapt Paper Towns for bio. Fox 2000 and Temple Hill released Paper Towns in the summer of 2015, starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Justice Smith, Austin Abrams, Halston Sage, and Jaz Si