John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. His books have been published in more than a dozen languages.Green was born in Indianapolis and his family moved three weeks after to Orlando, Florida. He attended Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies.
He lived for several years in Chicago where he worked for the book review journal Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing Looking for Alaska, his first novel. Green later lived in New York City for two years while his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in his video blogs, coined due to her request not to be seen on camera), attended graduate school.
Today, he lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with Sarah, his children - Henry and Alice, and his dog, a West Highland Terrier named Willy (full name: Fireball Wilson Roberts).
Looking for Alaska (2005), An Abundance of Katherines (2006), Paper Towns (2008), and The Fault in Our Stars (2012) are all available at the High School Learning Resource Center in Divine Light Academy Las Piñas. Will Grayson, Will Grayson (a problem novel he co-wrote with David Levithan in 2010) has also been recently acquired and is currently on display at the fREADom Hub.
If you're having trouble looking for the books or if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask any of the librarians or staff members available. It would be awesome if we could help!
For more details on the New York Times bestselling author and his work, visit his official website here.
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