Is You Okay?

A fun, inspiring memoir from “the Queen of YouTube” about her journey from anonymity in Florida to massive popularity on the Internet, filled with the unlikeliest of stories that are as poignant as they are hilarious

“Is you okay? Is you good? Cuz I want to know!”

Eager to entertain, dedicated to making people laugh, comedian and video superstar GloZell Green is game for any challenge, no matter how silly, gross, or absurd. Her crazy video stunts have propelled her into the ranks of legendary funny ladies such as Ellen DeGeneres, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, and Phyllis Diller—and made her an inspiring icon for a new generation. With this funny and liberating book, GloZell uses the stories from her winding journey to unbelievable success to help her fans and young women everywhere navigate the obstacles we all face in life, while helping them find the greatness unique to each of them, inside and out.

Is You Okay? speaks truth about the elements of life we wrestle with every day—empowerment, love, body image, school, work, family, relationships, failure, success. GloZell introduces some of her most outlandish, funny, and unforgettable video challenges and uses each to explore a serious yet common hurdle. Sharing formative stories and insights from her own life, she encourages young women to learn to love their body, break free of their shell, and carve out their own identity.

Making the connection between hilarious physical challenges and meaningful personal challenges, GloZell shows that we’re all in this together. “Everything isn’t just gonna be okay. It doesn’t just have to be good,” she reminds us. “It can be great (even with a spoonful of pepper in your mouth).”

A revealing, candid, and hilarious memoir by one of our most beloved Internet stars—legendary GloZell Green finally lets her fans into her life and her heart. “Is you okay? Is you good? Cuz I want to know!”

No matter how silly, gross, difficult, or absurd, comedian and video superstar GloZell Green is game for any challenge—even when it comes from real life. Eager to entertain and dedicated to making people laugh, GloZell has created crazy video stunts and multiple comic personas that have propelled her into the ranks of legen-dary funny ladies such as Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, and Carol Burnett—and made her an inspiring icon for a new generation.

One of the earliest vloggers, GloZell helped create a new media empire, and in this deeply honest, very funny, and ultimately liberating book, she uses the stories from her winding journey to help her fans and young people every-where navigate the obstacles we all face in life, while helping them find the greatness unique to each of them, inside and out.

Is You Okay? traces GloZell’s life from her childhood in Florida, through her early life as a struggling comedian in Hollywood, to that critical and inspirational moment she decided that YouTube was how she would seize her destiny as an entertainer. Along the way, she’s become friends with a host of other Internet stars, including Tyler Oakley and Miranda Sings, married, conceived a child, and interviewed such luminaries as Hillary Clinton and President Obama. In this inspiring memoir, GloZell shares with her millions of fans the formative stories and pivotal insights that have molded her life. She speaks truth about the elements of life we wrestle with every day—empowerment, love, faith, school, work, family, relationships, failure, success—in the hopes of encouraging young people to learn to love their true selves, break free of their shells, and carve out their own identities.

 “Everything isn’t just gonna be okay. It doesn’t just have to be good,” GloZell reminds us. “It can be great (even with a ladle full of cinnamon in your mouth).”