What Makes John Michael Green a Hero?

John Green is the #1 best selling author on the New York Times bestsellers list and co-creator of the vlogbrothers (with Hank Green) on youtube.com, his birthday is August 24th 1977. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 and then he spent some time working with sick kids at a children’s hospital after college. He is married to Sarah Urist Green, known as The Yeti on his youtube channel, one kid named Henry, a west highland terrier named, Fireball Wilson Roberts, and a brother, Hank Green. John and the Yeti also have some happy news, a new baby on the way!

 

His Most Famous Works

1st book; Looking for Alaska [Michael L. Printz award, made ALA top 10 best book for young adults],

2nd book; An Abundance of Katherine's [Michael L. Printz Honor, finalist for the LA Times Book Prize],

3rd book, written with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, Let It Snow[reached #10 on the new York times bestseller list for paperback children’s books],

3rd solitary book; Paper Towns[#5 NY times best selling children’s book, Edgar Award for best young adult novel, Corine Literature Prize],

4th book, written with David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson[Stonewall Honor Book in Children and Young Adult Literature, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audio book Production Honor Book],

5th solitary book; The Fault In Our Stars[#1 on NY Times Best seller List for Children’s book]

 

 

Picture attributed to Greg Skidmore

 

Some Quotes

“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”

” Maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. It's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt because it matters.