John Green

John Michael Green born August 24 1977 is an American author YouTube content creator podcaster and philanthropist His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide including The Fault in Our Stars 2012 which is one of the bestselling books of all time Greens 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 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 childrens hospital He reconsidered his path and began working at Booklist in Chicago while writing his first novel His debut novel Looking for Alaska 2005 was awarded the 2006 Michael L Printz Award While living in New York City Green published his second novel An Abundance of Katherines 2006 Starting on January 1 2007 John and his brother Hank launched the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel a series of vlogs submitted to one another on alternating weekdays the videos spawned an active onlinebased community called Nerdfighteria and an annual telethonstyle fundraiser called Project for Awesome both of which have persisted and grown over time John moved back to Indianapolis in 2007 and published three novels over the next three years Let It Snow Three Holiday Romances 2008 with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle his third solo novel Paper Towns 2008 and Will Grayson Will Grayson 2010 with David Levithan From 2010 to 2013 John and Hank launched several online video projects including VidCon an annual conference for the online video community and Crash Course 2011present a wideranging educational channel Greens 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars proved to be a massive success The book created a passionate fan base of readers and debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list for childrens chapter books remaining in the top ten for over two years The 2014 film adaptation was also a commercial and critical success leading to several other film and television adaptations of his work That same year Green was included in Time magazines list of the 100 most influential people in the world Greens subsequent projects his novel Turtles All the Way Down 2017 and The Anthropocene Reviewed 20182021 dealt more directly with his struggles with anxiety and obsessivecompulsive disorder The Anthropocene Reviewed began as a podcast in January 2018 with Green reviewing different facets of the Anthropocene on a fivestar scale The podcast was later adapted into The Anthropocene Reviewed Essays on a HumanCentered Planet 2021 his first nonfiction book John has also collaborated with his wife art curator Sarah Urist Green on the video series The Art Assignment 20172020 and Ours Poetica 2019present Since the mid2010s John Green has been a prominent supporter fundraiser and later trustee for Partners In Health and their goal of reducing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone