John Green (author)
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Green at VidCon 2014
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| Born | John Michael Green August 24, 1977 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, vlogger, screenwriter, producer, actor |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.A., English, religious studies |
| Alma mater | Kenyon College (2000) |
| Period | 2005–present |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, bildungsroman, romance, radio, video |
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| Notable awards | Michael L. Printz Award 2006 Looking for Alaska Edgar Award 2009 Paper Towns |
| Spouse | Sarah Urist (m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Hank Green (brother) |
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John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, vlogger, writer, producer, actor and editor. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and his sixth novel, The Fault in Our Stars, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list in January 2012. The 2014 film adaptation opened at number one on the box office. In 2014, Green was included in Time magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World. Another film based on a Green novel, Paper Towns, was released on July 24, 2015.
Aside from being a novelist, Green is also well known for his YouTube ventures. In 2007, he launched the VlogBrothers channel with his brother, Hank Green. Since then, John and Hank have launched events such as Project for Awesome and VidCon and created a total of 11 online series, including Crash Course, an educational channel teaching literature, history, and science, later joined by courses in economics, US government, astronomy, politics, and philosophy.
Green was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mike and Sydney Green. Three weeks after he was born, his family moved to Michigan, then later Birmingham, Alabama, and finally to Orlando, Florida. He attended Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, and Indian Springs School outside of Birmingham, Alabama, the latter of which he later used as the inspiration for the main setting of his first book, Looking for Alaska. Green graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious studies. He has spoken about being bullied and how it had made life as a teenager miserable for him.
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