Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach and illustrated by Russell Munson, is

a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about
self-perfection. Bach wrote it as a series of short stories that were published in Flying magazine in
the late 1960s. It was first published in book form in 1970, and by the end of 1972 over a million
copies were in print. Reader's Digest published a condensed version, and the book reached the top
of the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book
topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. In 2014 the book was
reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part
to the story.

Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller
List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people through his humor,
wisdom and insight.

With over 60 million copies of his books sold, Richard Bach remains one of the world's most beloved
authors. A former USAF fighter pilot, Air Force captain and latter-day barnstorming pilot, Bach
continues to be an avid aviator-author, exploring and chronicling the joys and freedom of flying,
reporting his findings to readers.

His most recent works include Travels with Puff, which recounts Bach's journey from Florida to
Washington state in his small seaplane, Puff, and Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant
Student, which incorporates Bach's real-life plane crash.

In October 2014, the never-before-published Part Four to Jonathan Livingston Seagull was
published.

John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, vlogger, producer, and
educator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska,[2] and his fourth solo
novel, The Fault in Our Stars, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list in
January 2012.[3] The 2014 film adaptation opened at number one at the box office.[4] In 2014, Green
was included in Time magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World. [5] Another film
based on a Green novel, Paper Towns, was released on July 24, 2015.
Aside from being a novelist, Green is also well known for his YouTube ventures. In 2007, he
launched the VlogBrothers channel with his brother, Hank Green. Since then, John and Hank have
launched events such as Project for Awesomeand VidCon and created a total of 11 online series,
including Crash Course, an educational channel teaching Literature, History, and Science, later
joined by fourteen other courses as of 2018. [6]

I am the author of Genuine Fraud, We Were Liars, Fly on the

Wall, Dramarama, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-
Banks and the Ruby Oliver quartet: The Boyfriend List, The Boy
Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live
Boyfriends. How to Be Bad was co-written with Lauren Myracle
and Sarah Mlynowski.
 Disreputable History was a Printz Award honor book, a finalist
for the National Book Award, and recipient of the Cybils Award
for best young adult novel. We Were Liars is a New York
Times bestseller. It won the Goodreads Choice Award and was
Amazon's #1 YA novel of 2014. Genuine Fraud is
a Times bestseller as well.
I have a doctorate in English literature from Columbia
University. My field was 19th-century British novel. In 2013 I
chaired the committee on Young People's Literature for the
National Book Awards. I currently teach creative writing
at Hamline University’s low-residency MFA program in Writing
for Children.
 Representation: The Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency.
 Film & TV: Kassie Evasheshki at Anonymous Content.
 School events and speaking engagements: visit
the Penguin Random House Speaker's Bureau or email Christine
Labov there: clabov @ penguinrandomhouse.com
 Interviews and publicity: Kathleen Dunn at Penguin
Random House: kdunn @ penguinrandomhouse.com

Doing a school report? Everything you need (and all the info I
ever share with the public) is on the Students page. Teachers,
there are educational materials on the Teachers page.

wenty-One Things You Don’t Know About Me,

Even If You’ve Read Through This Whole
Website:
1. I have wanted to be a writer since I was eight years old.
2. I wrote two novels in third grade.
3. I was the fastest typist in my 8th-grade typing class. We
learned on manual typewriters.
4. Now I write everything on computer, sometimes with my
eyes closed.
5. Favorite lipstick: L’Oreal 315.
6. Movie star crush: Daniel Craig.
7. First car: a white 1964 Volvo with a push-button starter.
8. I have read a lot of books about sideshow history.
9. I eat a primarily vegetarian diet and for a number of years
ate vegan (no animal products whatsoever) because I object to
the way animals are treated in the meat and dairy industries. I
will probably go back to eating vegan again someday, but for
now:
10. My favorite ice cream is Häagen Dazs dolce de leche.
11. I swam with sting-rays once.
12. I like wax museums.
13. I used to like roller coasters, but now I’m scared of them.
Even so:
14. I love amusement parks. My favorite ride of all time is the
Haunted Mansion.
15. I used to cry after my fiction writing class in college,
because the criticism was so harsh.
16. The teacher of that class was so bored by my work he
admitted to me he didn’t even read the final drafts of my
stories.
17. I have never kept a journal for more than a couple days. I
like to write for an audience, even if it’s only an imaginary one.
18. My advice to aspiring writers: read, read, read. Read the
great novelists, especially. Try Great Expectations. Pride and
Prejudice. Jane Eyre.
19. More (contradictory!) advice: follow your reading bliss.
Gnaw your way through the local library’s sci-fi or romance
collection, if that’s what does it for you.
20. I am difficult to recognize. Despite a large and unusual
tattoo, people often forget they’ve met me, or tell me I look
very different from the last time they saw me.
21. Lockhart was my maternal grandmother’s maiden name.