Will Grayson, Will Grayson Characters

Meet the Cast

Will Grayson

Will is the first of the two Will Graysons that we meet in this story—this is capital letters Will—and while at first he seems like a pretty typical kid, that doesn't mean he doesn't have stuf...

will grayson

The second will grayson we meet in this story—lowercase will grayson, if you will—is a whole lot different from the first one. Well, maybe not. Besides sharing a name, both of these guys have...

Tiny Cooper

Tiny Cooper is the man between our Will Graysons—best friend to Will and first boyfriend to will, Tiny's kind of at the center of everything. Which is where Tiny likes to be. Will pretty much su...

Jane

Jane is Will's girl crush. Or maybe she's not. See, for the first half of the novel, Will can't figure out whether he likes Jane or not. Then she gets back together with her ex-boyfriend and Will...

Maura/Isaac

Maura is will's friend from school who clearly likes him in a more-than-friends way. In fact, she likes him so much that she seems to overlook the fact that he is obviously totally not into her.Sh...

Gideon

Gideon is will's first gay friend at school. They start hanging out once will comes out to everyone, and their first little scene together is pretty adorable:gideon: so, yeah. i heard that you mig...

Gary

Gary is a pretty minor character, just sort of hanging around to give another perspective on being a gay teen. While Tiny is big and bold and open, Gary is a little more reserved and critical of T...

The Parents

Moms and dads pop up quite a bit in this story, but the main ones are Will's parents—who also happen to be doctors—and will's parents—a single mom and an absentee dad.Will's mom and dad are...

Derek and Simon

These two guys are will's friends from school. Though it's not as if will has a super close relationship with them:i sit with derek and simon at lunch. the way it is with us, it's like we're sitti...