The Dutton Writers' Room

After an amazing year celebrating the success of 2006 Michael L. Printz medal-winning Looking for Alaska, John Green began 2007 with another recognition by the Printz committee when his second book, An Abundance of Katherines, was awarded a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor.  This acknowledgment by the Printz committee (the award is the highest literary honor that a young adult title can receive) makes John Green the only American to have been twice-honored by the Printz award and joins other honors for Katherines, including another back-to-back recognition for Green as a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize.  These celebrations were all captured on video--including the phone call from the Printz awards committee--as part of John's 2007 video blog project with his brother, Hank: Brotherhood 2.0 (Brotherhood2.com). Having now received over 4 million views on YouTube, Brotherhood 2.0 has brought a whole new group of fans to John's books and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, on Fox News, and on BBC Radio.

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