John Green
John Green | |
|---|---|
 Green speaking at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis (September 2008) | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Double major in English and Religious Studies |
| Alma mater | Kenyon College |
| Period | 2005-present |
| Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
| Notable works | Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns |
| Notable awards | Michael L. Printz Award 2006 Looking for Alaska |
| Spouse | Sarah Urist Green |
| Relatives | Hank Green (brother) |
| Website | |
| http://www.sparksflyup.com/ | |
John Michael Green (b.August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American author of young adult fiction.
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. The idea for his book Looking for Alaska came from his six months working as a chaplain at a children's hospital.[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]
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, based on John's misreading of the name on an Aero Fighters machine that he saw at an airport;[5][6]
- 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 posted amusing songs on a regular basis. The most famous of these, Accio Deathly Hallows, was the first Brotherhood 2.0 video to be featured the YouTube front page.[7]
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].
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 seperate stories that are interconnected in some way. The story that he penned is called A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle.
Green finished his new novel Paper Towns, which was released on October 16, 2008.[8] It debuted at number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books,[9] and the movie rights to Paper Towns have been optioned by Mandate Pictures and Mr. Mudd.[10]
Personal life
Green currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in his video blogs) and his dog Fireball Wilson Roberts, commonly known as Willy and occasionally referred to as Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy. According to his vlog entry of May 16, 2007, Green was born there, 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]
Bibliography
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)
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)
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)
- ^ John Green (2007-02-01). "Brotherhood 2.0, February 1, 2007" (YouTube video). Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ^ Aero Fighters at Arcade History
- ^ New West Missoula, A Year of Sincerity and Humor with Brotherhood 2.0 (Dec. 30, 2007)
- ^ Amazon listing amazon.com
- ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times.
- ^ vlogbrothers youtube.com
- ^ Local politics, web money brotherhood2.com
External links
- Nerdfighters home page
- The Brotherhood 2.0 Project
- Love John Green, Or Die (interview in American Superstar Magazine)
- Online novel and fanbase created by John Green
- YouTube - vlogbrothers's Channel
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