Literary phenom John Green returns to examine the attraction and toll of celebrity culture with his first-ever novel written for adults, Hollywood, Ending! Informed by years of proximity to celebrity through film adaptations and his own online stardom, Green’s latest is a meditation on how fame can change your life in exciting but terrifying ways.
With trademark tenderness and wit, Green’s anticipated return comes nine years after Turtles All the Way Down, at a time when content competes for our attention and people everywhere vie to break into stardom.
Its timing is no mistake—and ALOUD is excited to invite you to hear more from John live on stage.
Featured Author and Moderator:
John Green
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, The Anthropocene Reviewed, and Everything Is Tuberculosis. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers and the educational channel Crash Course. John‘s books have won many prizes, including an Audie Award, an Edgar Award, the Michael L. Printz Medal, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. John lives with his family in Indianapolis. You can visit him online at johngreenbooks.com.
Julia Whelan
Julia Whelan is known for her award-winning work Once And Again, leads in the TV movies Fifteen and Pregnant and The Secret Life Of Zoey, and numerous guest starring roles on television shows. Dubbed “The Meryl Streep of Audiobooks” Whelan is an author, screenwriter, lifelong actor, and acclaimed audiobook narrator of over 800 titles. Her debut novel, the international bestseller My Oxford Year, was released as a Netflix film. She is also the voice for longform journalism, the founder of Audiobrary, and a Grammy-nominated audiobook director.
