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John Green
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John Green is an American author and YouTuber whose work spans novels, online video projects, and nonfiction writing including The Anthropocene Reviewed.
Biography
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. Born in Indianapolis and raised in Orlando, he attended boarding school outside Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and religious studies. Early in his career he spent six months as a student chaplain at a children’s hospital, worked at Booklist in Chicago while writing his first novel, and published Looking for Alaska (2005), which received the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award.
Beginning in 2007 he and his brother Hank launched the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, which helped create the Nerdfighteria community and Project for Awesome. He has published multiple novels including An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. From 2018 he hosted The Anthropocene Reviewed as a podcast and later adapted it into a nonfiction book; he has also been involved in online educational projects such as VidCon and Crash Course and in global health advocacy with Partners In Health.
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Books by John Green
The Anthropocene Reviewed
The Anthropocene Reviewed is a collection of essays adapted and expanded from Green’s podcast, in which he reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. The essays range from objects like the QWERTY keyboard to sunsets and Canada geese and are described as an open-hearted exploration and celebration of falling in love with the world.