John Green

John’s books have won many prizes, including an Audie Award, an Edgar Award, the Michael L. Printz Medal, and a Los Angeles Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 60 million copies are in print worldwide. In 2007, John and his brother Hank ceased textual communication and began to talk primarily through videoblogs posted to YouTube . The videos spawned a community of people called nerdfighters who fight to decrease the overall worldwide level of suck. (Decreasing suck takes many forms: Nerdfighters have raised millions of dollars to fight poverty in the developing world; they also planted thousands of trees around the world in May of 2010 to celebrate Hank’s 30th birthday.) Although they have long since resumed textual communication, John and Hank continue to upload two videos a week to their YouTube channel, vlogbrothers . Their videos have been viewed more than one billion times. The Green brothers also have a dubious advice podcast together, Dear Hank and John , and are the founders of creator driven merchandise company DFTBA . In 2019 they created Good.Store , which donates 100% of the profits from selling soap, shampoo, eco-friendly household products, socks and more to charity. Since its launch, the company has donated over $12 million to high impact organizations including Partners in Health and the Coral Reef Alliance. John’s book reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review and Booklist , a wonderful book review journal where he worked as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing Looking for Alaska . In June 2014, the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars was released, directed by Josh Boone, produced by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill, and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff. The screenplay was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who went on to adapt Paper Towns for film. Fox 2000 and Temple Hill released Paper Towns in the summer of 2015, starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Justice Smith, Austin Abrams, Halston Sage, and Jaz Sinclair. In the second half of 2015, John signed a first look production deal with Fox 2000. The limited series adaptation of Looking for Alaska was released on Hulu on October 18th, 2019 starring Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, and Denny Love. A Netflix adaptation of Let It Snow was released on November 8th, 2019 starring Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson, Joan Cusack, Mitchell Hope and more. Hannah Marks directed the film adaptation of Turtles All the Way Down and it was released in May 2024 starring Isabela Merced, Cree and Felix Mallard. John grew up in Orlando, Florida before attending Indian Springs School and then Kenyon College. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his family.