[1] His books have landed on the New York Times bestseller list,[2][3][4][5] including the first (The Good Egg) and second positions (The Bad Seed).
[6] Early in his career, Jory John volunteered, interned, then was hired as the programs director at 826 Valencia, an educational nonprofit in the Mission District of San Francisco, where he worked from 2004 to 2009.
[7] During his time there, he ideated, programmed, and created Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama.
[6][8] John left his position at 826 Valencia to focus more on his own writing,[7] publishing All My Friends Are Dead with Avery Monsen the following year.
Beyond books, John has written for the New York Times,[9][10] The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle,[11][12][13] the Believer, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and BuzzFeed.