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Riverstone Books is thrilled to welcome #1 internationally bestselling author John Green to Pittsburgh, on September 28th at the Byham Theater to celebrate his debut adult novel, Hollywood, Ending! He and the Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, Mario R. Rossero will discuss the book, its special connection to Pittsburgh, and answer audience questions. 

Please submit questions for the author at this link: bit.ly/johngreeninpgh 

Every ticket will include a signed hardcover copy of Hollywood, Ending. There will be no signing line at this event. 
A small number of signed copies of John Green’s previous titles will be available to purchase online at riverstonebooks.com. 

About the Book:  

#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. 

About the Author:  

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.

About the Special Guest:  

Mario R. Rossero is the director of The Andy Warhol Museum and vice president of Carnegie Museums. Previously, Rossero was the executive director of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), the leading professional membership organization for visual arts, design and media arts educators. Before joining NAEA, and after serving a variety of leadership positions in Chicago Public Schools and as the senior program officer for arts education at Pittsburgh Public Schools, he served as senior vice president of education for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A native of the Pittsburgh region, Rossero began his career as an artist educator at The Warhol and an as art teacher at Shaler Area School District. Rossero received a BA in art & education from Washington and Jefferson College and an MSEd in supervision and administration in visual arts from a joint program between Bank Street College of Education and Parsons School of Design. 

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