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After the two brothers finished the Brotherhood 2.0 project, they continued their Youtube channel and are still making videos to this day. The videos continue to be the basis of their international community, "NerdFighteria." They created a sup-project of Vlogbrothers, called [http://www.truthorfail.com/about Truth or Fail] (official site), which can also be found [http://www.youtube.com/user/truthorfail on YouTube].
After the two brothers finished the Brotherhood 2.0 project, they continued their Youtube channel and are still making videos to this day. The videos continue to be the basis of their international community, "NerdFighteria." They created a sup-project of Vlogbrothers, called [http://www.truthorfail.com/about Truth or Fail] (official site), which can also be found [http://www.youtube.com/user/truthorfail on YouTube].


Starting 21 January 2010, Green went on paternity leave, and "Secret Sister" Maureen Johnson took his place until 10 February 2010. John's only vlog during that period was 28 January 2010, when he read from [[J.D. Salinger]]'s ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', as the author had died that day; Green's ''Alaska'' narrator, Miles, is frequently compared to the narrator of ''Catcher'', Holden Caulfield, and the Saligner novel is considered the epitome of adolescence.
Starting 21 January 2010, Green went on paternity leave, and "Secret Sister" Maureen Johnson took his place until 10 February 2010. John's only vlog during that period was 28 January 2010, when he read from [[J.D. Salinger]]'s ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', as the author had died that day; Green's ''Alaska'' narrator, Miles, is frequently compared to the narrator of ''Catcher'', [[Holden Caulfield]], and the Saligner novel is considered the epitome of an adolescence-driven novel.


Green "introduced" his son Henry upon his vlogging return on 15 February 2010.
Green "introduced" his son Henry upon his vlogging return on 15 February 2010.

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John Green
Green speaking at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis (September 2008)
Green speaking at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis (September 2008)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationDouble major in English and Religious Studies
Alma materKenyon College
Period2005-present
GenreYoung Adult Fiction
Notable worksLooking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Notable awardsMichael L. Printz Award
2006 Looking for Alaska
SpouseSarah Urist Green
ChildrenHenry Green
RelativesHank Green (brother)
Website
http://www.sparksflyup.com/

John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American author of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger.

Early life and career

Green attended Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies. His first book, Looking for Alaska, was largely inspired by his time at Indian Springs School.[1]

Green lived for several years after that in Chicago, where he worked for Booklist Magazine, a book review journal. While there, he reviewed hundreds of books of all varieties; his reviewing specialties included literary fiction, books about Islam, and books about conjoined twins. Green lived in New York City for two years while his wife attended graduate school. Green's book criticism has also appeared in The New York Times Books Review. Green has also written for National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and for Chicago's public radio station, WBEZ.[1]

Brotherhood 2.0 project

John Green and his brother Hank ran a video blog project called Brotherhood 2.0. The original project ran from January 1 to December 31, 2007, with the premise that the brothers would cease all text-based ("textual") communication for the year and instead converse by video blogs, made available to the public via YouTube and on their Brotherhood 2.0 website.[2][3]

The vlogs have several recurring themes:

  • "Nerdfighters" is the official name for their more dedicated viewers.
  • The opposite of a Nerdfighter is known as a Decepticon. (Named after the infamous enemies of the Autobots Transformers based on their shared characteristic of being a team of villains as opposed to a single villain with many subservient henchmen.)
  • Every so often John takes on "Question Tuesdays" (that can really be on any day of the week) where he answers some of their commenters' questions.
  • The Foundation to Decrease WorldSuck was created with the intention to "decrease worldsuck" by donating money that is given to the foundation to worthy causes.
  • The Evil Baby Orphanage was a proposal to use a time machine to kidnap historical despots in infancy (e.g. baby Hitler) and pre-habilitate them at a mountain retreat in Tibet.
  • Hank posts amusing songs every other Wednesday (hence the day being called "Song Wednesday"). The most famous of these, "Accio Deathly Hallows", was the first Brotherhood 2.0 video to be featured on the YouTube front page.[4]
  • "The Yeti" is an nickname for John's wife, Sara, whose face has never appeared on the vlog, although viewers will sometimes hear her voice or see an occasional appendage. However, Hank's wife Katherine (sometimes referred to as "The Katherine") will occasionally appear.
  • Viewers who post unkind things on the Youtube comments, have been given the name "Giant Squids of Anger" and are not considered Nerdfighter-ly.
  • "In Your/My Pants", was a term created by fellow YA author Maureen Johnson and was originally intended to be added to the end of a book title (e.g., Pooh Gets Stuck... In My Pants). It grew to be the name of a forum on the Nerdfighters website, and an online picture book "Everyone Poops In My Pants".[5]
  • Most recently, the two famous brothers took part in P4A (Project for Awesome) which was a project that took many famous "YouTubers" to make several videos promoting their favorite charity. The acronym "P4A" (Project for awesome) became one of the most used acronyms on YouTube[citation needed], and at one point the top trending topic on Twitter.

In the December 31, 2007 video, the brothers revealed their decision to continue vlogging even though the project had ended. Their new outlet and social networking site is www.nerdfighters.com.

Vlogbrothers After Brotherhood 2.0

After the two brothers finished the Brotherhood 2.0 project, they continued their Youtube channel and are still making videos to this day. The videos continue to be the basis of their international community, "NerdFighteria." They created a sup-project of Vlogbrothers, called Truth or Fail (official site), which can also be found on YouTube.

Starting 21 January 2010, Green went on paternity leave, and "Secret Sister" Maureen Johnson took his place until 10 February 2010. John's only vlog during that period was 28 January 2010, when he read from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, as the author had died that day; Green's Alaska narrator, Miles, is frequently compared to the narrator of Catcher, Holden Caulfield, and the Saligner novel is considered the epitome of an adolescence-driven novel.

Green "introduced" his son Henry upon his vlogging return on 15 February 2010.

Writings

Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska (2005), won not only the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association, but also made their 2005 Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults. The film rights to Looking for Alaska were purchased by Paramount in 2005.

His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines (2006), was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and may also be made into a movie in the future.

Green collaborated on a book with fellow young adult authors Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle called Let It Snow (2008), which contains three interconnected stories that take place in the same small town on Christmas Eve during a massive snowstorm. The story that he penned is called "A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle". On November 27, 2009, the book reached number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list for paperback children's books.[6]

Green's third novel, Paper Towns, was released on October 16, 2008.[7] It debuted at number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books,[8] and the movie rights to Paper Towns have been optioned by Mandate Pictures and Mr. Mudd.[9] On April 30, 2009, Paper Towns was awarded the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel.[10]

Green is currently collaborating with fellow young adult writer and friend David Levithan on a book entitled Will Grayson, Will Grayson,[11] which is slated to come out in April of 2010.[12] He is also writing the Paper Towns screenplay.

On August 2009, Green confirmed he is writing a new book, currently titled The Sequel,[13] with an expected release in 2011.

Personal life

Green currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in his video blogs, due to her request not to be seen on camera) and his dog, a West Highland Terrier, named Willy (full name Fireball Wilson Roberts). According to his vlog entry of May 16, 2007, Green was born in Indianapolis, but his family moved three weeks after he was born. He has also lived in East Lansing, Michigan; Birmingham, Alabama; Orlando, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and New York City.[14]

During a video released on December 15, 2009, Green revealed that he and his wife were expecting their first child.[15] The baby, named Henry Atticus Green, after John's grandfather, was born on January 20, 2010[16] and weighed 8 pounds nine ounces. [17]

Bibliography

Books

Short stories

  • (2006) "The Approximate Cost of Loving Caroline" (part of Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork by Scott Hunt)
  • (2007) "The Great American Morp" (part of the 21 Proms anthology edited by David Levithan and Daniel Ehrenhaft)
  • (2009) "Freak the Geek" (part of Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd)

Other

  • (2009) Thisisnottom, an interactive novel hidden behind riddles.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ a b John Green: Author of An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska sparksflyup.com
  2. ^ WSJ, Local Politics, Web Money (Sept. 28, 2007)
  3. ^ NPR, All Things Considered, Brothers Reconnect Using Video Blogging (Jan. 20, 2008)
  4. ^ New West Missoula, A Year of Sincerity and Humor with Brotherhood 2.0 (Dec. 30, 2007)
  5. ^ 'Everyone Poops In My Pants online picture book
  6. ^ New York Times Bestselling Children's Books, November 27, 2009
  7. ^ Amazon listing amazon.com
  8. ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  9. ^ vlogbrothers youtube.com
  10. ^ 2009 Edgar Award Winners
  11. ^ "Interview with David Levithan". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  12. ^ Amazon listing amazon.com
  13. ^ "What I'm Working On". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  14. ^ Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground; Vlogbrothers video blog, May 16, 2007; 2:25
  15. ^ In Which A Secret Is Revealed; Vlogbrothers video blog, December 15, 2009; 3:34
  16. ^ OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY; Vlogbrothers video blog, January 20, 2010; 2:33
  17. ^ Eight pounds, nine ounces. #dftbaby; Hank Green - Twitter status, January 20, 2010; 2:30
  18. ^ Thisisnottom thisisnottom.com
  19. ^ Thisisnotforums - The Unofficial Thisisnottom Forums thisisnotforums.com
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