John Green

John Green

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John Green is an American novelist, journalist, and young adult author born on August 24, 1977.

Green was educated at Orange County Public Schools and Lake Highland Preparatory School before attending Kenyon College. Writing in English, he has produced fiction for children and young adults, with novels that include Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. That body of work brought him the Michael L. Printz Award and an Edgar Award, two recognized honors in American fiction for younger readers.

Beyond prose fiction, Green has worked as a journalist, editor, television producer, and film producer, occupying roles that extend well past the novelist's desk. His presence on YouTube has been a consistent part of his public work: he is associated with Vlogbrothers, a video channel, and with Crash Course, another notable video project. That combination of vlogging and YouTube work places him in an unusual position among literary figures, operating simultaneously in written fiction and in the more immediate, conversational register of online video.

Taken together, his output moves between the page and the screen in ways that resist easy categorization. He functions as a writer in the traditional sense, producing novels in English for children and young adults, while also serving as a producer and online personality. The Michael L. Printz Award and the Edgar Award he received mark the recognized center of his career: sustained work within the young adult genre, the form to which his novels consistently return.

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It is so hard to leave until you leave and then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
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It is so hard to leave until you leave and then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
It is so hard to leave until you leave and then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
True love will triumph in the end — which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.
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True love will triumph in the end — which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.
True love will triumph in the end — which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.
Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn't match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things.
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Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn't match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things.
Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn't match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things.
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
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I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.
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We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.
We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick youre friend's nose.
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You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick youre friend's nose.
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick youre friend's nose.
Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.
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Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.
Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world?but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
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You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world?but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world?but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
Missing her kept him awake more than the coffee.
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Missing her kept him awake more than the coffee.
Missing her kept him awake more than the coffee.
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.”
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“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.”
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.”
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