Thursday, June 26, 2014

Highlighting an Author: John Green

JOHN GREEN
 
John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. 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 and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. The book also topped the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios.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, or a direct link here.
 
 
Books:
 
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Published September 21st 2006 by Dutton Junvenile
 

 

Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Published December 28th 2006 by Speak
 
 
 
Let it Snow
by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
Published October 2nd 2008 by Speak 
 
 
 
Paper Towns
by John Green
Published September 22nd 2009 by Speak
 
 
 
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green and David Levithan
Published April 6th 2010 by Dutton Children's
 
 
The Fault In Our Stars
by John Green
Published January 10th 2012  by Dutton Books
 
 


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