Author Spotlight:
JOHN GREEN
The Spark
10
John Michael Green is an American author who was born on August 24, 1977 (currently 36 years old). He currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah Urist Green, and two children, Henry and Alice. They also have a West Highland Terrier named Fireball Wilson Roberts. He has many nicknames, but ‘Willy’ is the most common.
Green has written six books: Looking for Alaska; An Abundance of Katherines; Let it Snow (co-written with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle); Paper Towns; Will Grayson, Will Grayson (co-written with David Levithan); and The Fault in Our Stars. His sixth book, The Fault in Our Stars (TFIOS), has been made into a film and premieres on June 6, 2014. He has won many awards in the duration of his career, including the Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska (2006), the Edgar Allan Poe Award for the Best Young Adult Novel for Paper Towns (2009), the Indiana Authors Award (2012), and the Children’s Choice Book Award for Teen Book of the Year for The Fault in Our Stars (2013). Green is a very accomplished and fascinating writer, who also has a side job as a YouTuber.
John and his brother, Hank, created a YouTube channel in 2007 called vlogbrothers. They created it to communicate with one another and with the intention of having it run over the course of one year, and has now entered into its eighth year of existence. The duo are commonly referred to as ‘nerd fighters’. The brothers created a service project at the end of 2007 called Project for Awesome (P4A), which lasts two days where people create and upload videos that promote charities or non-profit organizations. In its first year, the project raised $483,446. The project has continued annually ever since, and has raised $869,291. The money is raised through pledges and donations, including one cent for each comment on each P4A video during the event. A live stream hosted by John, Hank, and other YouTubers, airs through the duration of the project.
John Green is a very talented and renowned author, and all of his works have been recommended countless times to teen readers. He is intelligent, witty, funny, and just overall an amazing person and role model. Through his books and projects, John promotes intellectualism among teenagers. His books deserve to be read by teens all around the world, and his videos and movie deserve to be enjoyed by people of all ages. If one of John Green's books hasn't found it way to your bookshelf, I encourage everyone to pick up a copy!
-ISABELLA B.
Author Spotlight:
JOHN GREEN
The Spark
10
John Michael Green is an American author who was born on August 24, 1977 (currently 36 years old). He currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah Urist Green, and two children, Henry and Alice. They also have a West Highland Terrier named Fireball Wilson Roberts. He has many nicknames, but ‘Willy’ is the most common.
Green has written six books: Looking for Alaska; An Abundance of Katherines; Let it Snow (co-written with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle); Paper Towns; Will Grayson, Will Grayson (co-written with David Levithan); and The Fault in Our Stars. His sixth book, The Fault in Our Stars (TFIOS), has been made into a film and premieres on June 6, 2014. He has won many awards in the duration of his career, including the Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska (2006), the Edgar Allan Poe Award for the Best Young Adult Novel for Paper Towns (2009), the Indiana Authors Award (2012), and the Children’s Choice Book Award for Teen Book of the Year for The Fault in Our Stars (2013). Green is a very accomplished and fascinating writer, who also has a side job as a YouTuber.
John and his brother, Hank, created a YouTube channel in 2007 called vlogbrothers. They created it with the intention of having it run over the course of one year, and has now entered into its eighth year of existence. The duo are commonly referred to as ‘nerd fighters’. The brothers created a service project at the end of 2007 called Project for Awesome (P4A), which lasts two days where people create and upload videos that promote charities or non-profit organizations. In its first year, the project raised $483,446. The project has continued annually ever since, and raised $869,291. The money is raised through pledges and donations, including one cent for each comment on each P4A video during the event. A live stream hosted by John, Hank, and other YouTubers, airs through the duration of the project.
John Green is a very talented and renowned author, and all of his works have been recommended countless times to teen readers. He is intelligent, witty, funny, and just overall an amazing person and role model. His books deserve to be read by teens all around the world, and his videos and movie deserve to be enjoyed by people of all ages. So, in conclusion, everyone should go out and buy one of his books right now or get onto YouTube and start watching some videos!
-ISABELLA B.