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John Green (1) (1977–)

Author of The Fault in Our Stars

For other authors named John Green, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

John Green was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 24, 1977. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and religious studies. Before becoming a writer, he was a publishing assistant and production editor for Booklist, which is a book review journal. His first show more novel, Looking for Alaska, was published in 2005 and won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in Young Adult literature in 2006. His other works include An Abundance of Katherines, a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book; Paper Towns, which won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel and the 2010 Corine Literature Prize; and The Fault in Our Stars, which was a New York Times Best Seller. He is also the co-author, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Two of John Green's titles, The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, have been made into major motion pictures. His title, An Abundance of Katherines, made the New York Times Best Seller List. Paper Towns made The New Zealand Best Seller List 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009) — Contributor — 1,144 copies
The Fault in Our Stars [2014 film] (2014) — Original book — 396 copies
21 Proms (2007) — Contributor — 301 copies
Who Done It? (2013) — Contributor — 136 copies
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork (2006) — Contributor — 110 copies
What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur (2011) — Contributor — 70 copies

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Totally unsatisfying
 
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eboods | 560 other reviews | Feb 28, 2024 |
Listening to this audiobook at work with a toilet brush in-hand, Green's chapter on the now-extinct Kaua’i ō’ō’s had me dissolving over a hotel toilet bowl. Green’s empathy colors even his darker observations with sweet flecks of human connection. How he manages this with chapters on hot dogs, Mario Kart, and a foreign soccer team is exactly why it’s so worth the read.
 
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hannerwell | 71 other reviews | Feb 24, 2024 |
Aaaah, I don't know. Lowercase will grayson was such a little shit at the beginning, I honestly sympathized more with his mother. (I think that officially makes me Old People.) It would have been a real slog to read about him if he'd kept on like that, but luckily he gains about 5 years of emotional intelligence in the space of two pages after he comes back from Chicago. The characters spend the entire rest of the book processing their emotions about/with one another. I don't know how accurate this is; I didn't date in high school.… (more)
 
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caedocyon | 338 other reviews | Feb 23, 2024 |
Great young adult novel. I don't usually like sad books, but this one wasn't as bad as some. Very well written.
 
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