If you were an avid book reader in your teenage years, you probably recognize the name John Green, an American author and content creator who specializes in writing young adult fiction novels and whose target audience includes early teenagers and beyond. No teenage bookworm goes without stumbling across one of his works—and not without reason; Green has won a number of prestigious awards including the Michael L. Printz Award, an Edgar Allen Poe Award, and the Corine Literature Prize. His most popular novel, undoubtedly The Fault in Our Stars, was made into an award-winning movie featuring Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley.

Green’s renowned writing style is a wistful and sentimental one, and he breathes life into his young characters through portraying love and catastrophe. Some examples of his work include Paper Towns, a mystery slash romance young adult novel about teenager Quentin who investigates the disappearance of a girl even more mysterious, and Looking for Alaska, a coming-of-age novel that dives into topics of grief through the investigation of a young girl’s strange death. Outside of writing, Green is the co-creator of the educational platform Crash Course (other co-creator being young brother Hank Green), is one half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube (other half being Hank Green), and hosts two podcasts, The Anthropocene Reviewed and Dear Hank & John (with Hank Green). Truly, one cannot mention John Green without a nod towards Hank Green as well. Together, the siblings promote social activism and education through literature, media, VidCon (which they founded), and more.

Even now, Green seems to have big plans for the future: his newest book, The Anthropocene Reviewed (sharing a name with his podcast) came out in May of 2021, and filming for an upcoming movie based off Green’s 2017 novel Turtles All The Way Down is underway at the moment, as of May 2022.