Green is the poster child for the new wave of YA authors climbing up the bestseller list 鈥 and the top earning authors list, with an estimated earning of $9 million. The author of the blockbuster hit 鈥淭he Fault in Our Stars,鈥 a love story about two teens diagnosed with cancer, is an extreme social media user with 2.7 million Twitter followers, a YouTube channel with 7 million followers, and a fanatical fan base who self-identify as Nerdfighters. It鈥檚 paid off: 鈥淔ault鈥 has sold more than 1 million copies, debuted at No. 1 on the NYT bestseller list, and was adapted into a blockbuster movie.
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John Green speaking in 2008 at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.