John’s Other Writing
Radio
For several years, I wrote commentaries for Chicago Public Radio and, on occasion, for NPR’s All Things Considered. The text of those radio pieces can be found here.
Let It Snow
I wrote a long short story called “A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle” in the book Let It Snow, which also features lovely stories from Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. This book has been published in translated editions as well.
Anthologies
I’ve written stories for several anthologies. These include “The Great American Morp” in 21 Proms, “The Approximate Cost of Loving Caroline” in Twice Told, and “Freak the Geek” in Geektastic.
This Is Not Tom
I wrote this novella hidden behind insanely complex riddles called “This Is Not Tom.” TINT is unfinished (it will be finished eventually, I hope). TINT is free and available to the public, but the only way to read the story is to solve the riddles, which unfortunately is basically impossible without crowdsourcing. (A good place to start, however, would be the TINT youtube channel.)
For more information about other stuff I’ve written, including book reviews and the books I cowrote for the awesome people at mental_floss, visit the “Other Writing” FAQ page.
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I Love these books =D I hope you live forever mhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
dear john green,
please write another book. i’m going insane without having another to read, as three is never enough.
love,
jess
you’ve read his zombi apocolypse novella too right??
you’ve gotta count that one too! even though he said it was “bad!!” it really is quite brilliant too! (i dont usually read the zombie apocoplypse sort of things [apart from pride prejudice and zombies] but i loved it)
i just started to get into zombie apocalypse books recently and it was partially influenced by Zombicorns. So much fun to read.
plus wgwg, and his book let it snow! (:
The Fault in our Stars?
the lovely john green,
you are my new favorite author! paper towns is the funniest book i’ve ever read and looking for alaska is definitely in my top 5 favorite books of all time!! i loved an abundance of katherines sooo much that i’m making my mom read it and she’s only a couple chapters in and she thinks its hilarious too! you are spectacular, funny–scratch that, hysterical, and have an amazing way with words! looking forward to the next book (-which i heard on a vlogbrothers episode- is in a girls point of view which is extremely exciting!) and everything to come in the future! and hanks pretty cool too. :) i also turned one of my best friends into a total nerdfighter with maybe 1 or 2 episodes of vlogbrothers! good luck and always looking out for your stuff! :D
major props,
steph
DEAR PEOPLE
I WOULD KINDLY HAVING SOME IDEAS TO WRITE A BOOK BUT I NEED HELP FROM YOU, IAM NOW HERE IN LOUISVILLE KENUCKY FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAY LIKE TO HELP ME HIM OR HER YOU MAY FIND ME THROUGH MY E-MAIL SO THAT WE SHARE MY SUGGESTION IN FAITHFUL WAY,I WILL BE GRATEFUL TO HEAR ONE OF YOU REPLY ME BACK THROUGH E-MAIL, THIS IS A WORLD WHEREBY, WE SHARES SOME OF CONCEPTIONS THAT MAY MAKE EVERYBODIES HAPPY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
BY YRS SINCERELY
ALBINO DOR
I just got to the part in Looking For Alaska in which Alaska dies.When I hot to this part I was in english class and I started to cry. It was completely and utterly humiliating. Although, the book is incredible so thank for sharing it with us!!
That sounds alot like my experience………except I was in math class and I wasn’t supposed to be reading……
I hate you so badly right now for posting that spoiler.
John Green
Please tell me that you are going to publish a new book. If you do not I will die as I have grown an unusual attachment to your writing and I really do not want to die for then I cannot re read Looking for Alaska like I do after I finish a book.
You have a wonderful way with words and bringing your characters too life. It is amazingly brilliantly hilariously epic that I tell everyone about them, even my dog.
Thanks for just being you in all of your youness,
Amy, AUSTRALIA
PS your books are very quotable, I enjoy reading them and your own quotes. While Pudge enjoys last words I enjoy quotes, they give you insight into who a person really is.
you my dear wonderful author are a genius :)
THIS is exactly how I feel about. I have also grown an unusual attachment to his writing. Thanks for posting this comment!
Mr. Green (I’m just going to go ahead and assume that I’m not on a first name basis with you),
You’re a great writer. Obviously you know this. So me saying it after Gabriella, steph, Amy, Jessica, etc., etc. may seem a bit repetitive. Maybe I can add some color, though. Your book (Paper Towns) allowed me to meet and eventually start dating a girl-woman (she’s at the weird, no-name age of 17). She’s pretty tremendous. And, obviously, has good taste in books. And also magazines. But mostly books. So, Mr. Green, thank you.
~Ian.
Dear Mr.Green,
I have only recently become a Nerdfighter, and let me tell you, it feels pretty cool to be made out of awesome! I love the premise of this “organization”! Decreasing worldsuck and increasing awesome is new way to say we are saving the world! So thanks to you, your brother, and all of the made of awesome nerdfighters everywhere! You have also inspired me to further my writing career. For the longest time I have filled notebooks with stories and poems and now I’m starting to see about geting my best (and most re-written) pieces published! So just general thank you to everyone who made Nerdfightaria as awesome as it is!
Thank You So Much,
Bethany
I just want to second (third? fourth?) what everyone else is saying–you are super awesome and I am being extremely harsh in all other books I read because I constantly compare them to your books, all of which I have read and really, really liked.
Thanks for being awesome, writing awesomely, and not having shitty last pages.
I absolutely loved Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherines. But, I couldn’t get through the first chapter of Will Grayson. So, I guess three out of four is good.
Why couldn’t you get through the first chapter of Will Grayson?
Just wondering…
Aron
I had the SAME problem in the beginning, but it’s just one of those books you have to push through the first chapters in. I did and i read thee ENTIRE thing yesturday, i was beyond incredible, brilliant.
I read Lokking For Alaska. It is the greatest book I have ever read. Even better than the Cat In The Hat. That’s really saying something. You’re awesome, keep writing.
John Green,
I love how I can relate to your books and that you don’t use stereotypical characters. I can’t wait for another book!
You have become an inspiration to me :)
Catherine
P.S. An Abundance of Katherines page 15. God forbid Catherines? I don’t know if we can be friends… Haha just kiddinggg
omg, John Green. You’re like a god for me.
You write absolutly awsome books (exspecially looking for Alaska).
I have to laugh and I have to cry at the same time. I “learned” your books by heart because I red them over 100 times, really. you gave me so many answeres and and and. I just wanna say, thank you for everything you’ve done to this world. You’re as important as William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez together(well, the only other thing is you live and they…not really :D). I hope you will live forever(or happy together with your great family) to write as many books as you can. I REALLY LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings from Germany,
yours JezZ
John Green,
You should write another love story like Looking for Alaska. I am almost done with that book. I can’t but it down. It’s one of the few books that really got to me and I connected with. Please continue writing witty romantice teen books. :)
He has. Go read An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. Also, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (though the point of that isn’t really about love) (but it does have quite a bit of love in it). Also, most definitely his story in Let It Snow, which is called A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle.
Are you working on anything new? My daughter and I love, LOVE, love you writing and were just wondering. I really can’t pick my favorite book so far. Paper Towns was the first book I read by you and I was hooked from there. The Abundance of Katherines was, I think, the funniest. Looking for Alaska made us laugh and cry and I could totally tell which Will Grayson you wrote when we listened to it on a 15 hours drive one (BTW I liked him better). Please tell me you’ve got something new coming out:)
He does. He has a new book (from the point of view of a GIRL for the first time ever!) coming out spring 2012
He IS?!!?!?! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I am addicted to John Green…….I know that sounds strange, but his books really are like an addiction for me…..
John Green, please spew more of your wisdom upon us. I’ve come up with a theory, that if you were to share enough of that wisdom with the world, its possible (and probable) that there would be no brainless idiots left on the planet. (Ok, at least the percentage would drop so dramatically).
By the way, Nerdfighters. For the Win.
John,
I have become increasingly displeased with the “You May Also Like” features on bookseller websites: none of the books they suggest even compare to your work.
I feel that you have captured a bit of every teenager with Pudge Halter: the part of us that yearns for something more, but cannot achieve it without the interference of a greater force, whether that force be a person, change of location, or sequence of experiences.
Clearly I live vicariously through your characters. Your books are a testament to the power of youthful spontaneity.
Thank you for all that you have contributed to the world so far!
Mr. Green,
Guessing this happens to you a lot but I find your work amazinggggggg. I just want to marry it and give birth to it’s children. I seriously am a very picky reader, but when I read your books, I can’t put them down. You are just amazing. Can’t wait for a new book!
Loyal true fan,
Anna
Hey John,
So listen.
It’s really embarrassing to be a 21-year-old who has to tell everyone her favorite author is John Green and her favorite book is Looking for Alaska. No one knows who you are in the real world.
Please write more books. I know it’s hard, but at least once you write one, you’ve got someone who will probably publish it for you. Remember back in the day when you didn’t have that kind of security? Yeah, that’s where I am now: worrying will anyone ever read my words?
PLEASE WRITE MORE BOOKS. You have a gift, John. Use it.
I LOVE YOU. Like, I’m actually pretty sure I’m in love with you. I have always wanted to be a writer since I learnt how to read, and reading your novels just inspires me soooo much, but at the same time, I think that there is no way I could ever write a book that is so truely amazing like your own.
Looking for Alaska changed my life.
This list is incomplete… I think it should include Zombicorns…. just saying.
Mr. Green,
WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKING A PAPER TOWNS MOVIE?!?!?!?!?!?
Please either make a movie or write more books. I NEED MORE OF YOUR DELICIOUS READS!!!!
Please and Thanks
ive read all the john green books.. WRITE ANOTHER! PLEAASEE
Kindly publish another book soon. Nerdbookreaders are waiting.
Thank you.
Beth R
Dear Mr.Green,
I absoloutly LOVE your writing!!! I have read all of your books and they are all just fantastic! For some reason, which I can’t quite pinpoint, I think Paper Towns is my all time favorite. That is, out of your books and all books I have read. Keep writing and I promise I will keep buying/reading. I really hope you come out with a new book!! Thank you for keeping me entertained.
Regards,
Shanelle
Dear John,
I’ve already read WG wg, and Looking for Alaska. Now I bought An abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. I just love your books. I thought Looking for Alaska was beautiful. It’s one of my favorite books with WG. Keep writing and I’ll keep reading. Btw I’m from the Netherlands, and they translated WG, it got good reviews by the children’s newspaper I read (7days). I bought WG in America and loved it! I wanted to read more by you, and now I have all your books!
Regards
Aron
John,
You are amazing.
Your books are philosophical and funny and deep and witty and well written and plot-ful and EVERYTHING a book should be.
And the vlogbrothers…. I dont even…. I dont even know how to express the level of awesome that it is.
So to reiterate, you are amazing.
Julia
Dearest John,
Thank you for writing such amazing books, all of which I have read. What I really have to say is, before I die, I want to see Will Grayson, Will Grayson taken to Broadway.
All my love,
Carrie
John Green! I hope you’ll make a new book about a teenage life about how the character faces the teenage world. Looking forward for your next books. :D
Dear John,
Guess what! I’m part of the Bozeman High School Speech Team. I do Humorous Oral Interpretation (HOI) and My Piece is The Great American Morp! I’m hoping to post a video soon, so I’d love any feedback you can give me.
i just read paper towns and i loved it u should write a story with the same people but later in life like when they’re adults and they still talk to each other and they solve a mystery or something cool like that
every book written by john green are the best books ive ever read. almost everyone can relate to these in someway and i cant wait to read his new upcoming book. hopefully it will be my next favorite. keep writing john! youre an inspiration to all.
John Green:
You are a tremendous writer who has the perfect talent for putting those indescribable young adult thoughts into words. “Paper Towns” and “Looking for Alaska” have had a profound impact on my outlook on life, as all good books should. The Wednesday Theory States :”The progression of a singular humans life, given they enjoy recreational literature, can be recorded accuratley by the books they have read at given points in their timeline.” This is not to say the humans can be summed up at all, but that when we read a book (If we are not a shallow ass), the lessons and morals we learn from those books stay a part of who we are forever. And I can honestly say that “Looking for Alaska”, “Paper Towns”, “Will Grayson, will grayson”, and “An Abundance of Katherines” have significantly marked these “teenage” years of mine and give me wider understanding of the world than what is just going on in my life. The World is so much bigger than that. Thank you for helping me realize that.
Tess
You are truly one of my favorite authors. I say this with complete sincerity and honesty. I’m currently minoring in writing and hope two write a few best sellers myself in the future. Your writing style has inspired some of my own work. “Looking for Alaska” touched me in a way that can’t be put into words. Thank you for writing such fantastic books and please, PLEASE, write more soon.
- KatieB.
Every Nerdfighter I have ever met was a fan of your books. They came accross the made of awesome Vlogbrothers, and through their adventure of watching your videos, they found out that you are an author and checked out your work.
I am in the small percentage that discovered your internet empire AFTER finding your books. My school librarian recremended An Abundance of Katherines, and in an attempt to find more of your books, I found Vlogbrothers <3
Jus wanted to share dat
Please write another book. You’re my favorite author and now I’m out of good reading books so I’ll keep rereading your books. I read looking for Alaska 6 times and will Grayson, will Grayson twice and just finished paper towns and an abundance of katherines. So really, I need another John green book.
(I don’t know if you know this or not, but) There’s another book incoming! The Fault in Our Stars is coming out in early January!! :O I don’t know if preorders are still available (guaranteed signature on the first printing :D) but it’s worth poking around about. If you don’t land a preorder, it’s still destined for awesome, so… yeah. :)
John Green, you are a miracle unto the world
If you were a religion, I’d follow it.
Your blog is well done and I enjoyed reading this post.
Mr. Green – would you consider issuing more copies of the author-narrated version of The Fault in Our Stars audio book? We missed out on the 3000 released to DFTBA.
Dear John Green,
I must say I do really enjoy your books and the vlogbrothers videos ^ ^I think “Paper Towns” is my favorite so far (I read half of An Abundance of Katherines” and didn’t finish it….I’m sorry. But! “Looking For Alaska” was great! ) I look forward to reading “The Fault In Our Stars”!! Anyway, yes. DFTBA! =)
TFiOS is the most amazing book I have ever read. You went from someone I have never heard of to my favorite author in 4-1/2 hrs. I could not put the book down!
Dear John Green,
I am a new nerdfighter and frankly I don’t know why I decided to call myself one. I’m not a reader. I don’t like to read. I’m trying to find an audio book to Looking for Alaska just to get past page eleven. No reflection on you I am just a terrible nerdfighter. Well anyway Mr. Green I want to ask you a question. I don’t know why I am going to ask because I don’t know if you read the comments people send you at all or if you just pick random ones. There is a chance you will pass up my comment, in which case, begging my friend to let me use her computer to leave this comment was completely unnecessary. I’m not even sure if you will understand my question. If you see this at all you probably won’t understand what I really mean. No one does. And if you do get it you might think it’s a stupid question though the phrase “There are no stupid questions just stupid people” might apply here. I don’t even know how you would get me the answer. If you read this at all I’m guessing over Vlogbrothers, maybe? But I’m going to ask anyway.
John I am an author as well. Those I am still in high school and haven’t finished a book since I started writing three years ago and the fact that none of them are very good. That’s why I wanted to ask you this because if anyone could give me some kind of feedback on this I would think you would. John Green, how do I become an author?
Attempting to follow,
Looking for hope
I really enjoy your books, I hope you continue to put your imagination down in the pages of these novels and in many more to come. I hope to write someday too. But my life is a little hectic right now. Kind of on hold, so it will be hard to find inspiration in the never ending white snowy mass dancing outside my locked window. Just a little hard.
Just finished The Fault in Our Stars…never enjoyed crying and laughing uncontrollably so much in my life. So far my favorite book, but that’s what i said about the last four books!!It’s just a matter of time before a new John Green masterpiece completely changes my life!!!<3
Just finished The Fault in Our Stars like 15 minutes ago MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!! I laughed and cried the hole freaking time. It changed my life and i cant wait til the next John Green book comes out whatever it is!!!!! <3 <3 <3 :)
Dear John,
I love your books. And thats really all I have to say.DFTBA!
fault of our stars was the best book i have ever read. there are so many things i would like to share with you about the book and my thoughts. i do not want to share them on your page however as to spoil anything for those who have not yet read it.
Hi John Green,
Question, as I am an aspiring artist (nothing or importance – just a hobby) I wonder do you have a hard time when you make bad things happen to good characters within your stories?
Best wishes & keep the book coming,
Courtney
Wisconsin
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