John Green
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2016
⏱️ 97 minutes
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The author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and more discusses discovering young adult fiction, the invention of characters, how his stories take shape, his earnest love of The Babysitters Club books, and more; he even drops some hints about his next novel!
Recorded at NerdCon: Stories in Minneapolis, MN on October 14, 2016.
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