John Green

John Green is an American author, YouTuber, and podcaster, best known as the author of The Fault in Our Stars (2012), one of the best-selling young adult novels in publishing history. Born in Indianapolis in 1977, Green studied English and Religious Studies at Kenyon College and began his career as a book editor and journalist before publishing his debut novel Looking for Alaska (2005), which won the Printz Award. Green's other novels include An Abundance of Katherines (2006), Paper Towns (2008), Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010, co-authored with David Levithan), Turtles All the Way Down (2017), and The Anthropocene Reviewed (2021), his first work of adult nonfiction—a collection of essays reviewing aspects of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. The Anthropocene Reviewed originated as a podcast of the same name and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction in 2021. His follow-up nonfiction work Everything Is Tuberculosis (2025) won the award again in 2025. Green is also the co-creator, with his brother Hank Green, of the VlogBrothers YouTube channel and the CrashCourse and SciShow educational channels. He is a prominent advocate for mental health awareness. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife Sarah and their children.