John Green

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<span><span>In a very short time, John Green has become an icon of young adult literature. His first novel,</span><span>Looking for Alaska</span><span> (2005) won the Michael Prinz award,</span><span>Paper Towns</span><span> (2008) received an Edgar Allan Poe award, and in 2014,</span><span>Time</span><span> magazine named him one its 100 Most Influential People.</span><span>The Fault in Our Stars</span><span> reached number one on the</span><span>New York Times</span><span>bestseller list, and the film adaptation was a worldwide hit.<br><br></span><span>John Green: Teen Whisperer</span><span> looks at the work of a versatile author whose works have fast become must-reads for teens and adults alike. After providing a biographical sketch of the author, subsequent chapters focus on different types of Greens writing: radio broadcasts, blogs, vlogs, YouTube videos, and, of course, his novels, including</span><span>An Abundance of Katherines</span><span> (2006) and</span><span>Will Grayson, Will Grayson</span><span>(2010). This volume concludes with an interview of Green and a unique final chapter that considers not only the young adult view of his work, but an adult perspective as well.<br><br>Based on extensive research, this book captures the diverse elements of Green and his work: predictable, but surprising; stable, yet enigmatic; aloof, but deeply caring; hip, but homespun; irreverent, but deeply spiritual. Exploring why his writing reaches both teens and adults,</span><span>John Green: Teen Whisperer</span><span> will be of interest to librarians, scholars, and the authors many fans.<br></span></span>

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<span><span>Kathleen Deakin</span><span> is assistant professor at Metro State College in Denver, Colorado, where she teaches classes in English education.</span></span><br><span><span></span></span><br><span><span>Laura A. Brown</span><span> is assistant professor at State University of New York at Potsdam, where she is the program coordinator for Adolescent English Education.</span></span><br><span><span></span></span><br><span><span>James Blasingame Jr.</span><span> is associate professor of English at Arizona State University, where he directs the program in Secondary English Education.</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>Deakin, Brown, and Blasingame are coauthors of</span><span>Stephenie Meyer: In the Twilight</span><span>(Scarecrow, 2012).</span></span>

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