A Portfolio of an Author
A PORTFOLIO:
THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR
JOHN GREEN
SUBMITTED BY: Daniella S. Regala
SUMBITTED TO: Ms. Justine Mae Acuna
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GREEN
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. He won the 2006 PrintzHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printz_Award" Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in January 2012.
Green grew up in Orlando, Florida, before attending Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies.
After leaving college, Green spent five months working as a student chaplain in a children's hospital, and was enrolled at the University HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School"ofHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School" Chicago Divinity School at the time, although he never actually attended. He intended to become an Episcopalian minister, but his experiences of working in a hospital with children suffering from life-threatening illnesses inspired him to become an author, and later to write The Fault in Our Stars.
Green lived for several years in Chicago, where he worked for the book review journal Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing Looking for Alaska. While there, he reviewed hundreds of books, particularly literary fiction and books about Islam or conjoined twins. He has also critiqued books for The New York Times Book Review and written for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. Green lived in New York City for two years while his wife attended graduate school.
Green currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in
THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR
JOHN GREEN
SUBMITTED BY: Daniella S. Regala
SUMBITTED TO: Ms. Justine Mae Acuna
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GREEN
John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. He won the 2006 PrintzHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printz_Award" Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in January 2012.
Green grew up in Orlando, Florida, before attending Indian Springs School, a boarding and day school outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies.
After leaving college, Green spent five months working as a student chaplain in a children's hospital, and was enrolled at the University HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School"ofHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School" Chicago Divinity School at the time, although he never actually attended. He intended to become an Episcopalian minister, but his experiences of working in a hospital with children suffering from life-threatening illnesses inspired him to become an author, and later to write The Fault in Our Stars.
Green lived for several years in Chicago, where he worked for the book review journal Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing Looking for Alaska. While there, he reviewed hundreds of books, particularly literary fiction and books about Islam or conjoined twins. He has also critiqued books for The New York Times Book Review and written for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. Green lived in New York City for two years while his wife attended graduate school.
Green currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Sarah (also known as "The Yeti" in