Today marks the 35th birthday of one of my favorite YA authors, John Green.
In honor the day (as he's one of my favorites), I've decided to compile of list of fun John Green facts that you may or may not already know!
1. He grew up in Orlando, Florida.
2. He currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. However he used to live in New York City, and before that, in Chicago.
3. He graduated from Indian Springs School in Alabama, then got a B.A. from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
4. He has never considered writing a book for adults. YA only!
5. He has a YouTube account, which he and his brother, Hank, collaboratively update pretty frequently. According to his website, since January 2007, the two brothers have made more than 950 videos, which have been viewed more than 235 million times!
6. For several years, he wrote commentaries for Chicago Public Radio and, sometimes, for "All Things Considered" on NPR.
7. He has an interesting Tumblr.
8. He also has an interesting Twitter!
9. He is always working on a novel (although not always a novel that pans out into anything). His typical writing work day starts at 8am and ends at 6pm.
10. He and his friends and fans (partularly his YouTube buddies) have a sort of "group" (Ok, I admit, I can't find the right word for this so "group" will have to suffice) called the Nerdfighters. The Nerdfighters are a sort of active "group" of people who do things like communicate online through YouTube and John's Tumblr. Also, they create videos like the today-appropriate 2009 birthday video below:
Put one of the following John Green books on hold today:
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Fault In Our Stars
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