John Green to Publish New Nonfiction Book About Tuberculosis: ‘Culmination of a Long Journey’

Mar. 15, 2025

John Green and the cover of ‘Everything Is Tuberculosis’.Photo:Crash Course Books; Marina Waters

John Green and the cover of ‘Everything Is Tuberculosis’

Crash Course Books; Marina Waters

‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ by John Green

Crash Course Books

Everything Is Tuberculosisbuilds on Green’s activism, and interweaves Henry’s story with the disease’s scientific and social histories, as well as its global impact. The book aims to be a resource that “humanizes and gives hope" to the “ongoing struggle” to address the diseasen, per the book’s description.

John Green.Marina Waters

John Green

Marina Waters

“Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, John Green has a gift for bringing truth to storytelling, and storytelling to truth,” says Green’s editor, Julie Strauss-Gabel, in a statement. “Confronting and inspiring, inEverything Is TuberculosisJohn distills centuries of history and science though one essential human story.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infectionwill be published on March 18, 2025, and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold.

source: people.com