John Green
Author and YouTuber
John Green is an American author and YouTuber who writes novels and nonfiction, including The Anthropocene Reviewed and Everything Is Tuberculosis.
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American Born 1977 in Indianapolis, United States
Influenced by David Foster Wallace
About John Green
John Green was born in Indianapolis and studied English and religious studies at Kenyon College. Looking for Alaska, his debut novel, earned the Printz Award for 2006, and The Fault in Our Stars followed in 2012. With his brother Hank, he started the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel in 2007, and the two later helped launch the educational channel Crash Course. The Anthropocene Reviewed began as a podcast before Green turned it into his first nonfiction book in 2021. Everything Is Tuberculosis, his second work of nonfiction, was published in March 2025. Green is a trustee of the global health nonprofit Partners In Health and has worked with it and other groups on fighting tuberculosis.