John Green (1) (1977–)
Author of The Fault in Our Stars
For other authors named John Green, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
John Green was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 24, 1977. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and religious studies. Before becoming a writer, he was a publishing assistant and production editor for Booklist, which is a book review journal. His first show more novel, Looking for Alaska, was published in 2005 and won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in Young Adult literature in 2006. His other works include An Abundance of Katherines, a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book; Paper Towns, which won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel and the 2010 Corine Literature Prize; and The Fault in Our Stars, which was a New York Times Best Seller. He is also the co-author, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Two of John Green's titles, The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, have been made into major motion pictures. His title, An Abundance of Katherines, made the New York Times Best Seller List. Paper Towns made The New Zealand Best Seller List 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by Christopher Meerdo
Series
Works by John Green
Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars (2012) 247 copies
The War for Banks Island 42 copies
The Fault In Our Stars / Looking For Alaska / Paper Towns / An Abundance Of Katherines / Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2013) 27 copies
The Price of Dawn 13 copies
An Imperial Affliction 10 copies
The Sequel 10 copies
Double On-Call and Other Stories 9 copies
The Space & The Cat and the Mouse 3 copies
Double On-Call 1 copy
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Green, John Michael
- Birthdate
- 1977-08-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
New York, New York, USA
Amsterdam, Netherlands (show all 7)
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - Education
- Indian Springs School, Alabama
Kenyon College (BA | English, religious studies|2000)
Columbia University - Occupations
- fiction writer
Nerdfighter
web host
critic - Relationships
- Green, Hank (sibling)
Green, Sarah Urist (spouse) - Organizations
- YouTube - vlogbrothers
YouTube - CrashCourse - Awards and honors
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Innovator's Award
Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Butler University
Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Kenyon College - Agent
- Jodi Reamer (Writers House)
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Discussions
John Green? in Read YA Lit (February 2014)
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Overdue Podcast (1)
Boeken. (1)
Christmas Books (1)
Books About Boys (1)
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Road Trip (1)
Reading list (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Carole's List (1)
A Novel Cure (2)
To Read (2)
Florida (4)
Best Young Adult (4)
Five star books (5)
Great Audiobooks (1)
READ IN 2021 (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 28
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 95,253
- Popularity
- #96
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 4,078
- ISBNs
- 1,055
- Languages
- 34
- Favorited
- 534
Having said that, I suspect most people won’t mind the “bait and switch.” The essays are stuffed with engagingly nerdy trivia (the history of Edmund Halley, the evolution of the QWERTY keyboard, the antecedents of ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ the origin story of teddy bears), funny stories (his brief career as an Academic Dacathalete), and nostalgia (scratch ‘n’ sniff stickers!). And goodness knows Green’s an engaging writer (as sales of his novels would suggest): honest, empathetic, and ultimately hopeful.
Green’s “gimmick” is to end each essay with a kitschy “1-5 star” rating: the city of Indianapolis gets 4 stars; Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, two stars; etc. Works well enough for essays that are about things, but begins to feel strained/labored when applied to essays that are mostly about ideas or emotions (“What’s the meaning of life? How does one find hope in the midst of despair?”) Admit Green’s more philosophical essays left me cold. There’s nothing overtly off-putting about Green’s “how lucky we all are to be alive!” affirmations, but neither did I find them to be particularly original, insightful, or convincing.
Apparently Green penned most of these essays during the height of the pandemic, and that’s the vibe I got: that Green’s basically taking us with him on a stream-of-consciousness journey through months of inactivity-spawned contemplations and reflections, augmented by internet research, more-or-less relevant diversions, and lots (and lots) of literary quotations. The result is a rather uneven collection, and definitely not what I expected based on the title/summary, but ultimately found more here to like than dislike.… (more)