John Green (author)
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| John Green | |
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 Green speaking at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis (September 2008) |
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| Born | John Michael Green August 24, 1977 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Double major in English and Religious Studies |
| Alma mater | Kenyon College |
| Writing period | 2005-present |
| Genres | Young Adult Fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns |
| Notable award(s) | Michael L. Printz Award 2006 Looking for Alaska |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Urist Green |
| Relative(s) | Hank Green (brother) |
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John Michael Green (b.August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American author of young adult fiction and YouTube vlogger.
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[edit] Early life and career
Green attended Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies. His first book, Looking for Alaska, was largely inspired by his time at Indian Springs School.[1]
Green lived for several years after that in Chicago as well as New York City, where he worked for Booklist Magazine, a book review journal. While there, he reviewed hundreds of books of all varieties; his reviewing specialties included literary fiction, books about Islam, and books about conjoined twins. Green's book criticism has also appeared in The New York Times Books Review. Green has also written for National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and for Chicago's public radio station, WBEZ.[2]
[edit] Brotherhood 2.0 project
John Green and his brother Hank ran a video blog project called Brotherhood 2.0. The original project ran from January 1 to December 31, 2007, with the premise that the brothers would cease all text-based ("textual") communication for the year and instead converse by video blogs, made available to the public via YouTube and on their Brotherhood 2.0 website.[3][4]
The vlogs have several recurring themes:
- "Nerdfighters" is the official name for their more dedicated viewers.
- The Foundation to Decrease WorldSuck was intended to "decrease worldsuck" by giving the money raised to worthy causes.
- The Evil Baby Orphanage was a proposal to use a time machine to kidnap historical despots in infancy and pre-habilitate them at a mountain retreat.
- Hank posts amusing songs every other Wednesday hence the day being called Song Wednesday. The most famous of these, Accio Deathly Hallows, was the first Brotherhood 2.0 video to be featured on the YouTube front page.[5]
- "In Your Pants/My Pants", was a term created originally to be added to the end of a book title (e.g., Pooh Gets Stuck In My Pants). It grew to be a forum on the Nerdfighter's website, and an online picture book "Everyone Poops In My Pants".[6]
In the December 31, 2007 video, the brothers revealed their decision to continue vlogging even though the project had ended. Their new outlet and social networking site is Nerdfighters.com[1].
[edit] Writings
Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. The film rights to Looking for Alaska were purchased by Paramount in 2005.
His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines (2006), was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and will also be made into a movie in the future.
Green has collaborated on a book with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle called Let It Snow (2008), which contains three separate stories that are interconnected, as they all take place in the same small town and the members of the town mention characters from the other stories as being classmates or acquaintances. The story that he penned is called A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle.
Green's third novel Paper Towns, was released on October 16, 2008.[7] It debuted at number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books,[8] and the movie rights to Paper Towns have been optioned by Mandate Pictures and Mr. Mudd.[9]
Green is currently collaborating with fellow young adult writer and friend David Levithan on a book entitled Will Grayson, Will Grayson,[10] which is slated to come out in Spring of 2010. He is also writing the Paper Towns screenplay.
[edit] Personal life
Green currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in his video blogs, due to her request not to be seen on camera) and his dog Willy (full name Fireball Wilson Roberts). According to his vlog entry of May 16, 2007, Green was born in Indianapolis, but his family moved three weeks after his birth. He has also lived in Birmingham, Alabama; East Lansing, Michigan; Orlando, Florida; Chicago, Illinois, and New York City. [11]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- (2005) Looking for Alaska (ISBN 0-525-47506-0)
- (2006) An Abundance of Katherines (ISBN 0-525-47688-1)
- (2008) Paper Towns (ISBN 0-525-47818-8)
- (2008) Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories - with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle (ISBN 0-142-41214-7)
[edit] Short stories
- (2006) "The Approximate Cost of Loving Caroline" (part of Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork by Scott Hunt)
- (2007) "The Great American Morp" (part of the 21 Proms anthology edited by David Levithan and Daniel Ehrenhaft)
- (2009) "Freak the Geek" (part of Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd)
[edit] References
- ^ John Green: Author of An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska sparksflyup.com
- ^ John Green: Author of An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns. sparksflyup.com
- ^ WSJ, Local Politics, Web Money (Sept. 28, 2007)
- ^ NPR, All Things Considered, Brothers Reconnect Using Video Blogging (Jan. 20, 2008)
- ^ New West Missoula, A Year of Sincerity and Humor with Brotherhood 2.0 (Dec. 30, 2007)
- ^ 'Everyone Poops In My Pants online picture book
- ^ Amazon listing amazon.com
- ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html.
- ^ vlogbrothers youtube.com
- ^ "Interview with David Levithan". http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/DavidLevithan.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-27.
- ^ Local politics, web money brotherhood2.com
