John Michael Green
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John Green is an American author and YouTube creator. He wrote The Fault in Our Stars, adapted into a 2014 film, and co-created Vlogbrothers with his brother Hank. His channel hit 2.5 million subscribers by 2015. Green won the 2006 Printz Award for Looking for Alaska and appeared on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list in 2014.
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John Michael Green graduated from Indian Springs School in Alabama in 1995. The school later inspired the fictional Culver Creek Academy in his first novel, Looking for Alaska. He was born on August 24, 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended Orange County Public Schools and Lake Highland Preparatory School before Indian Springs. He then earned a degree from Kenyon College.
Green’s debut novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award. In 2007, he and his brother Hank launched the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers, which grew to over 2.5 million subscribers by 2015. His 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into a 2014 film. Green appeared uncredited in the film as a little girl’s father. He co-founded VidCon in 2010; by 2013 the conference attracted over 12,000 attendees. He also wrote Paper Towns 2008 and Turtles All the Way Down 2017, the latter adapted into a 2024 film where he played Mr. Adler.
Green married Sarah Urist Green, a curator and writer, in 2006. They have two children: son Henry, born January 20, 2010, and daughter Alice, born June 3, 2013. The family lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Green owns a West Highland Terrier named Fireball Wilson Roberts, nicknamed Willy.
John Green won the Printz Award for his debut Looking for Alaska. The Fault in Our Stars spent weeks on bestseller lists and spawned a hit film. Time magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in 2014. With his brother, he built an online community through Vlogbrothers and VidCon. His storytelling blends honesty and emotion, resonating with millions of readers and viewers.
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I Did Not Want to Sell the Movie Rights for ‘the Fault in Our Stars’. It Was a Very Personal Story for Me. Also, I’d Had Some Unhappy Experiences Before, and I Didn’t Want a Movie That I Didn’t Like Being Made from a Book That’s so Important to Me. Everyone Was Like, ‘Oh, It’s a ‘Love Story’ for a New Generation!’ and I Was Like, ‘That Was the Worst Thing You Could’ve Possibly Said to Me’. I Wanted It to Be a Funny Movie and a Sweet Movie, but I Also Wanted It to Be About Asking the Question, What Constitutes a Good Life? and Whether It’s Possible to Have a Good and Meaningful Life, Even If You Have a Short Life.
So I Am Sometimes Held up as an Example of Someone Who Is, Like, Changing the Publishing Paradigm or Whatever Because I Have a Lot of Tumblr Followers and YouTube Subscribers and I Can Speak Directly to My Audience and I Don’t Need the Value-sucking Middleman of Bookstores and Publishers, and in the Future Everyone Is Going to Be Like Me and No One Will Stand Between Author and Reader Except Possibly an E-commerce Site That Takes Just a Tiny Little Percentage of Each Transaction. Yeah, That’s Bullshit.
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In his debut novel Looking for Alaska, the fictional Culver Creek Academy is based on Green’s alma mater Indian Springs School, from which he graduated in 1995.
Green’s brother is YouTube personality Hank Green.
Green’s son Henry was born on January 20, 2010.
He won the 2006 Printz Award for Looking for Alaska and earned a number one New York Times bestseller with The Fault in Our Stars in January 2012.
His daughter Alice was born on June 3, 2013.
Time magazine named Green one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in April 2014.
Green owns a West Highland White Terrier named Fireball Wilson Roberts, often called Willy.
Green attended Indian Springs School and later Kenyon College.
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