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John Green
| born |
August 24, 1977
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Indianapolis, The United States |
| website |
http://www.johngreenbooks.com/ |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction, Young Adult
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| influences |
[a:J.D. Salinger|819789|J.D. Salinger|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1288777679p2/819789.jpg], [a:Herman Melville|1624|Herman Melville|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1301387872p2/1624.jpg], [a:F. Scott Fitzgerald|3190|F. Scott Fitzgerald|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1263188163p2/3190.jpg], [a:David Foster Wallace|4339|David Foster Wallace|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1301424629p2/4339.jpg], [a:Walt Whitman|1438|Walt Whitman|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1287462094p2/1438.jpg] |
about this author
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John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. The film rights to Looking for Alaska were purchased by Paramount in 2005. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller. He also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
In 2007, John and his brother Hank were the hosts of a popular internet blog, "Brotherhood 2.0," where they discussed their lives, books and current events every day for a year except for weekends and holidays. They still keep a video blog, now called "The Vlog Brothers," which can be found on the Nerdfighters website.
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