The Fault in Our Stars: writing, title and publication (2011)
stage · status: milestone
About: John's untitled novel (2011), Hazel Grace Lancaster, Julie Strauss-Gabel, The Fault in Our Stars, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Penguin Books, Rodrigo Corral
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-10 | propose | John says his new, untitled novel comes out in almost exactly one year; it is about two teenage cancer survivors and narrated by Hazel. | DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day 00:00:54 |
| 2011-03-28 | milestone | John has just learned his new novel is definitely coming out in March (of the following year); it is still untitled. | Participatory Geometry 00:01:20 |
| 2011-05-18 | milestone | John reports finishing the big revision of his novel in the last 24 hours. | The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED 00:00:04 |
| 2011-06-06 | milestone | After more than a year of revision, the manuscript of John's new book arrives with his editor's notes on the pages: the book has reached line edits. | Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors 00:01:09 |
| 2011-06-29 | milestone | With its title announced, The Fault in Our Stars is number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble on pre-orders. | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS 00:00:29 |
| 2011-07-27 | milestone | Penguin moves the publication of The Fault in Our Stars forward five months, from May 1 to January 10, 2012. | 150,000 Autographs 00:00:17 |
| 2011-10-19 | milestone | John reveals the cover of The Fault in Our Stars, designed by Rodrigo Corral, with Julie Strauss-Gabel's permission. | Question Wed--THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! 00:00:30 |
| 2011-10-28 | milestone | John reads Chapter 1 of The Fault in Our Stars on the channel from a page proof, including its dedication to a private person, epigraph and author's note. | Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars 00:00:26 |
| 2011-11-22 | milestone | John has narrated The Fault in Our Stars at Brilliance Audio; there will be two audiobooks, Kate Rudd's (the real one, sold everywhere) and John's (only in a limited-edition DFTBA box set). | Old Man Narrates Young Girl 00:00:35 |
| 2011-11-25 | milestone | John reads Chapter 2 of The Fault in Our Stars on the channel with Penguin's permission, following his Chapter 1 reading; the book comes out January 10th. | Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars 00:00:07 |
| 2011-12-05 | milestone | The finished, printed The Fault in Our Stars arrives in the mail: 'the real book', with all its pages. | 5 Worst Typos of History 00:00:07 |
| 2012-01-10 | launch | John marks publication day of The Fault in Our Stars (January 10, 2012), filming the day before. | The Fault in Our Stars 00:00:00 |
| 2012-01-13 | result | Hank reports The Fault in Our Stars' reception after release: every review fantastic, everyone on Amazon loves it. | TFiOS PARTY! 00:00:42 |
| 2012-01-27 | milestone | Hank introduces John as the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars. | In 'N' Out-Erview 00:00:51 |
| 2012-03-20 | milestone | John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret. | Sharpie Face Question Tuesday 00:01:41 |
| 2012-03-27 | milestone | John says the Dutch edition of The Fault in Our Stars has been published; his Amsterdam trip supports it. | Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam 00:01:13 |
| 2012-11-13 | milestone | John reports that Amazon.com named The Fault in Our Stars one of the ten best books of 2012, among all books rather than teen books. | I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One. 00:00:05 |
| 2012-12-04 | milestone | John reports Time Magazine has named The Fault in Our Stars the top novel of 2012, ahead of Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and J.K. Rowling. | Time for AWESOME 00:00:00 |
| 2013-01-16 | retro | John looks back on writing The Fault in Our Stars: his friendship with a private person and becoming a child of the brothers's father made it possible, and a private person's good short life was central to it. | An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:54:11 |
| 2013-02-19 | milestone | John reports The Fault in Our Stars returned to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list 56 weeks after publication. | Doing Things, On the Importance of 00:00:00 |
| 2013-04-23 | milestone | John reports The Fault in Our Stars has returned to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list fifteen months after publication. | DOCTOR GREEN 00:02:22 |