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A close-up of John Green.

John Green

This is a huge get for the Wisconsin Book Festival (in partnership with A Room of One’s Own) — and the perfect pregame for the fest’s 25th annual four-day Fall Celebration from Oct. 15-18. John Green, known for his bestselling young adult (The Fault in Our Stars) and nonfiction (Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection) books, is on the road promoting his first novel for adults, Hollywood, Ending. It’s the story of two young actors cast in a buzzy Andy Warhol biopic and explores the challenges of finding someone to trust in an untrustworthy world. Pre-signed copies of Hollywood, Ending will be distributed free to attendees. Doors open at 6 p.m., so plan to arrive early!

media release: Presented in partnership with A Room Of One's Own Bookstore.

Please note this event will be held in the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center. It's free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. No tickets required; seating is by general admission. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Pre-signed copies of Hollywood, Ending will be distributed for free to attendees courtesy of the Wisconsin Book Festival and the Madison Public Library Foundation. There will not be a signing line or personalizations.

#1 bestselling author John Green makes his much-anticipated return to fiction with a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story that brilliantly confronts the private cost of a public life.

For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling in love. Soon, the movie is blowing up, and so are their lives—in exciting, but also terrifying, ways. 

John Green artfully blends a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story with an unflinching examination of the insatiable attention economy. Told through dual points of view, the novel follows Kai and Juniper from the first days on location to the movie’s premiere, brilliantly juxtaposing their story with the on-screen study of Warhol’s life at the dawn of celebrity culture. 

Hollywood, Ending is a deeply observed novel about the tension between a public and a private life, and finding your safe someone to hold onto. Tender, heartbreaking, and shrewdly funny, this is a story as only John Green can tell it.