Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Who is John Green ?

He is an American author of and a video blogger. His full name is John Michael Green, he has one brother, Hank Green. They both have a Youtube called Vlogsbrothers where they have loyal fans called Nerdfighters and what they do is basically fight for intellectualism and to decrease the overall worldwide level of suck (That’s exactly the way they said it). He grew up in Orlando. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies.

His first book is Looking for Alaska (based on his own boarding school experience). He lived in New York City for two years while his wife attended graduate school.

One of his best work is the book The Fault in our Stars, which was released in 2012, he agreed to sign all 150,000 copies of the first printing, as well as his wife and his brother leaving their own symbols, a Yeti and an Anglerfish respectively. The New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Books listed the book at #1 within weeks.

One thing I really like about him is the way he creates characters, he really brings them to life, they are so complete and each character has a really good background context. My two favorites are Hazel Grace and August Waters. These characters were inspired in young people they’ve known who were seriously ill and they were very funny and vibrant and hopeful people, but they were also honest and often very angry so he wanted to try to capture that.

Green currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah, his son Henry, and his dog, a West Highland Terrier, named Willy (full name Fireball Wilson Roberts). For every person who enjoys reading, his books are great for all ages but mostly young adults. 

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