Edgar Award Paper Towns. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including The Fault in Our Stars , which is one of the best-selling books of all time. Green's rapid rise to fame and idiosyncratic voice are credited with creating a major shift in the young adult fiction market. Green is also well known for his work in online video, most notably his YouTube ventures with his brother Hank Green.
Born in Indianapolis , Indiana, Green was raised in Orlando, Florida , before attending boarding school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Kenyon College , graduating with a double major in English and religious studies in Green then spent six months as a student chaplain at a children's hospital. He reconsidered his path and began working at Booklist in Chicago while writing his first novel. His debut novel Looking for Alaska was awarded the Michael L.
Printz Award. Starting on January 1, , John and his brother Hank launched the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, a series of vlogs submitted to one another on alternating weekdays; the videos spawned an active online-based community called Nerdfighteria and an annual telethon -style fundraiser called Project for Awesome , both of which have persisted and grown over time. From to , John and Hank launched several online video projects, including VidCon , an annual conference for the online video community, and Crash Course βpresent , a wide-ranging educational channel.
Green's novel, The Fault in Our Stars , and the film adaptation were massive commercial and critical successes, leading to several other film and television adaptations of his work. He was included in Time magazine's list of the most influential people in the world. Green's subsequent projects, his novel Turtles All the Way Down and The Anthropocene Reviewed β , dealt more directly with his anxiety and obsessiveβcompulsive disorder.
The Anthropocene Reviewed began as a podcast in January , with Green reviewing different facets of the Anthropocene on a five-star scale. He adapted the podcast into his first nonfiction book in Since the mids, John Green has been a prominent advocate for global health causes: he is a trustee for Partners In Health PIH , supporting their goal of reducing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone , and has worked with PIH and a number of organizations in fighting tuberculosis worldwide.
