Joh John Green's Impact On Young Adult Books

His education was astounding. While he was in high school he was considered the class clown and made C averages. After high school graduating Penncrest High School in 1962, he joined the United States Navy. He served a four year term in the Navy before continuing his education. He got his bachelor's degree in Gallaudet University in 1970 . His Master's degree in Psychology at University of Tennessee in 1971. He also got his PHD in Psychology

For high school he went to Findlay, OH and for college he went to miami , OH. He was drafted in the first round AND 11 pick of the NFL DRAFT.

As a young adult he attended Ohio State University , and edited the school humor magazine ( Sundial ) . Scholastic , Inc. and he created , Bananas , a funny magazine for kids . When he

in high school in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1921 he entered Columbia University, but left after an

He attended the James Madison School and completed his high school in 2000. He wanted to take admission into the University of Texas but then made a decision to move to Los Angeles to chase his dreams and pursue a career in cinema. He had a very accomplished acting career that started at the age of twelve. He was also chosen for the Presidential Scholars Program in the year 2000. He bagged a minor role in the film, A Little Inside (1999). He embarked his career journey by doing the television series Gilmore Girls in the year 2000. He performed the role of Dean Forester in this TV show.

He attended high school at john muir high and went to Pasadena junior college. Robinson was an outstanding athlete, while he was in high school and college he played 4 sports, baseball, football, basketball, and track. Robinson continued his education at the university of California, Los Angeles where he won varsity letters in four sports. Robinson

He attended the University of California (first to earn varsity letters in 4 sports) however due to financial needs he did not earn his degree.

He attended the University of Chicago and after serving in the Navy he attended the Northwestern University Law School and graduated with the highest grades in the law school history. He has been married twice and has a son and three daughters from his first wife.

John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. John decided to be a writer at the very young age of fourteen. “John used to lock himself in his bedroom and to be alone and write stories and poem”(John Steinbeck Biography). John was the first in his family to have a striving desire to become a writer, his father did everything he could to keep food on the table and his mother was a former school teacher. To do this he worked several jobs at a time, he never got to enjoy what he does like Steinbeck went on to do. John went on to try to be a freelance writer, so he work as a construction worker and a newspaper reported in New York, New York. He wrote his first novel called The Cup of Gold while living in Lave, Tahoe working as a caretaker. John went on to marry Carol Henning. She was supportive by working several jobs to help him continue with his writing career.

When George was a kid George worked in the fields near his hometown of Humboldt, KS, and later at the Humboldts, Cement plant. He attended 2 colleges Pitt State and Kansas State University. He later became a teacher at Coffeyville Junior College in Coffeyville, Kansas after his graduation.

Michael Pollan was born on February 6, 1955 in Long Island, New York. His mother Corky Pollan had two kids including himself with Stephen Pollan. Stephen Pollan was a financial consultant and Corky Pollan was journalist. Michael Pollan went to Bennington college and got his bachelor’s in english. Then transferred to Columbia university and got his master’s in english.

Stephen King attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966. He then went on to the University of Maine where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in English in 1970. King wrote or a column in his college newspaper called “The Main Campus1. King received a teaching certificate but could not find work so made many selling short stories. He eventually was hired as a teacher at Hampton Academy

Al Green formally known as Albert Greene was born on April 13, 1946. He was born into a large family in Arkansas where he and his siblings formed “The Greene Brothers” gospel group. His family moved to Michigan where he and his siblings still preformed. As Green grew, so did his taste in music. His religious upbringing prohibited him from listening to non-religious music and when he was caught listening to it as a teenager, his parents kicked him out of the house.

He went to Bradfield University and Worcester University, where he studied for his bachelors of arts and masters of arts. In his early years he was in the British Army and served through World War II where he was posted to the Royal Army Service Corps. Coincidentally enough his first novel was infact Watership Down. It started out as a bedtime story he told to his children and after they persuaded him to write it down he eventually had it published in 1972. I believe that his travels around the world because of WWII have given him the opportunity to have observed the different styles of government and society. He then translated these observations into his satirical first

By 17 he moved to Canada to avoid the mandatory military service and attended Queen’s University. He then moved on to study at University of Pennsylvania.