Social Outcast, By John M. Green

Author John M. Green was born August 24, 1977, in Indianapolis. As a kid, he was a social outcast and was bullied by others. Now John Green is much more than just an author; he is also a producer, actor, editor, and vlogger. Green’s target audience is teenagers, but his books end up inspiring everyone from teens to adults. He believes that teenagers have a voice too and is very fascinated by them. In some people’s opinions, John Green’s writing has deep meaning behind it, but at the same time his witty style shines through (Talbot). All these ideas and ways of writing really appeal to his teen audience. John Green is a teen author who believes teenagers are suppressed by adults that do not think teens can make their own decisions. He also
He then went on to earning double graduate degrees in English and Religious studies from Kenyon college (famousauthors). After school, he went to work as a student chaplain in a children’s hospital, and originally wanted to become an Episcopal Priest. While Green was working with children with illnesses, he became inspired to be a writer. (famousauthors) Afterwards, he applied for a job at a book review journal as a publishing assistant. He actually really enjoyed writing reviews and still does, he believes it is a great writing practice (Green). John Green wrote various reviews on literary fictions that were about conjoined twins or the religion of Islam (famousauthors). During his job working on a critique, he started writing his debut for Looking for Alaska. He finally had this piece of work finished published year 2005. This began his writing career
He rewrote the book over and over again for almost 10 years and just couldn’t quite get it right (Green). A friend of his who personally had cancer really helped him to finally finish his book. She got him to really see a way into the story like he couldn’t before. Green wanted to incorporate some humour that usually takes place in real life situations, but at the same time stay respectful (Green). To even get a thought about a book flowing he has to think of what his readers are wanting or looking for at the time, but also include what he is feeling. If Green isn’t feeling a book idea then he can not write that book properly or do it any justice