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John Green

John Michael Green is an American world’s bestselling author, YouTube content creator, and podcaster. His debut novel, Looking for Alaska, won the Printz Award in 2006 presented by the American Library Association.

He also was a 2009 Edgar Award winner and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print.

Several of Green's works have been adapted for film and television. Almost all film rights for all his books have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios, Fox 2000, and Temple Hill. The movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars was produced by in June 2014, and Paper Towns in the summer of 2015. The limited series adaptation of Looking for Alaska was released on Hulu in 2019. A Netflix adaptation of Let It Snow was released later that year.

Aside from being a novelist, Green is well known for his online content creation, most notably his YouTube ventures. In 2007, he launched the Vlogbrothers channel with his brother, Hank Green. Their videos at the moment have been viewed more than 800 million times.

John and Hank launched the educational YouTube channel Crash Course in late 2011. Brothers and a range of other hosts teach humanities and science courses to viewers, with multiple new series launching each year. Crash Course has over 10.7 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views.

John Green grew up in Orlando, Florida before attending Indian Springs School and then Kenyon College. According to the writer's official site, he currently lives in Indianapolis with his family (wife, Sarah Urist Green, and two children).

Photo credit: johngreenbooks.com
years of life: 24 August 1977 present

Quotes

Shanice <3has quoted2 years ago
You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.
Hhas quoted2 years ago
one:

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”

—CHARLOTTE BRONTË
Hhas quoted2 years ago
“I’m really not looking to date anyone.” I know people often say that when secretly looking for a romantic partner, but I meant it. I definitely felt attracted to some people, and I liked the idea of being with someone, but the actual mechanics of it didn’t much suit my talents. Like, parts of typical romantic relationships that made me anxious included 1. Kissing; 2. Having to say the right things to avoid hurt feelings; 3. Saying more wrong things while trying to apologize; 4. Being at a movie theater together and feeling obligated to hold hands even after your hands become sweaty and the sweat starts mixing together; and 5. The part where they say, “What are you thinking about?” And they want you to be, like, “I’m thinking about you, darling,” but you’re actually thinking about how cows literally could not survive if it weren’t for the bacteria in their guts, and how that sort of means that cows do not exist as independent life-forms, but that’s not really something you can say out loud, so you’re ultimately forced to choose between lying and seeming weird.

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    cry and laugh through the tears.... check the quotes

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