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John Michael Green was born on the August 24th, 1977 to Mike and Sydney Green in Indianapolis. He attended Indian Springs School for boarding school and he attended Kenyon College. He is married to Sarah Urist Green, with whom he has two children, Henry and Alice Green. John is one half of the Vlogbrothers. He and his younger brother, Hank Green, are responsible for the creation of the Nerdfighter community with their Vlogbrothers channel. He host(ed) Crash Course World History, Crash Course Literature, Crash Course US History, Mental Floss.

He is the author of several young adult fiction novels.

List of published works:
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Fault in Our Stars
Turtles All The Way Down
The Anthropocene Reviewed (upcoming)

Short stories appearing in:
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork
21 Proms
Let It Snow
Geektastic
What You Wish For

Significant quotations:

  • "It hurt because it mattered."
  • "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."
  • "Context is everything"
  • "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you."
  • "You can't not like the Great Gatsby. It's got the best sentences in like, ever."
  • "Books belong to their readers"
  • "Good morning Hank, it's _______"
  • "Life is full of hardships and disappointment"
  • "You must suffer"
  • "And then I took off my bra"

Green is also a self-described "semi-professional FIFA player". He was manager of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers up until late 2013, when he was fired and instead became the manager of the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys. Since then John has not been a semi-professional FIFA player as all of the proceeds of Wimbly Wombly videos goes to the real life AFC Wimbledon. As a result of the big support of Nerdfighteria as a sponsor of the club, AFC Wimbledon players now have the Nerdfighteria emblem emblazoned on their shorts.

External Links: DFTBA Records | John's Channel Sparksflyup | Tumblr | Twitter | Wikipedia

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2021-04-20 Breaking Ground!!! 03:51 154,043
2021-04-13 My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk 03:41 307,039
2021-03-30 I did it! 03:52 214,041
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2019-09-17 "end the stigma" 04:01 255,624
2019-09-10 Another Contender in the Room 03:39 231,332
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2019-07-02 On Sunlight 03:55 159,882
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2019-06-11 Why I Haven't Written a New Book 03:40 336,479
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2019-04-16 Doing Somethings 03:32 206,848
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2019-02-28 Episode 13: Velociraptors and Harvey 20:37 7,061
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2019-02-19 Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 13:19 243,117
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2019-02-12 Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 13:21 412,583
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2019-02-05 Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5 14:16 446,563
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2019-01-29 Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 14:46 661,635
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2019-01-15 The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 13:55 684,874
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2018-01-30 Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410 12:07 556,354
2018-01-24 Introducing: Scatterbrained! 01:40 62,041
2018-01-24 Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409 12:56 966,820
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2017-08-29 40 03:14 342,541
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2017-06-21 The Most Amazing News!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #41 07:46 6,660
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2017-06-19 097 - Lemon Salty Whales 49:54 145,600
2017-06-19 Compromise: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #40 14:18 6,458
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2017-06-12 096 - Next Level Laziness 49:08 144,871
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2017-05-22 093 - Nothing Fits on a Bumper Sticker 42:08 142,968
2017-05-17 We’re Back!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #37 10:59 7,081
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2017-05-15 092 - Cewebrity 49:03 144,512
2017-05-10 30 Interesting Facts about the Ocean - mental_floss List Show Ep. 509 06:39 176,585
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2017-05-09 Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy 03:37 291,686
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2017-04-24 089 - A Rich Guy with an Affinity for Bats 1:02:54 156,124
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