Alan Gratz

Alan Gratz
Born	(1972-01-27) January 27, 1972 (age 52) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Author
Education	University of Tennessee (BA)
Genre	Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
Spouse	Wendi Gratz[2]
Children	Jo Gratz[2]

Alan Michael Gratz (born January 27, 1972) is the author of 19 novels for young adults. They include Prisoner B-3087, Code of Honor, Grenade, Something Rotten, Ground Zero and Refugee.

Life

Alan Gratz was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has a B.A. in creative writing and a master's degree in English education, both from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.^[2] He worked for the school's newspaper, the Daily Beacon.^[1]

Gratz now lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and children.^[3]

Created works

• Samurai Shortstop (Dial Books, 2006)^[4]
• Something Rotten (Dial, 2007)^[5]
• Fantasy Baseball (Dial, 2011)
• Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game (Simon Spotlight, 2012)
• Prisoner B-3087 (Scholastic, 2013)^[6]
• The League of Seven (Tor Forge, 2014)
• The Dragon Lantern: A League of Seven Novel (Tor Forge, 2015)
• Code of Honor (2015)
• The Monster War: A League of Seven Novel (Tor Forge, 2016)
• Projekt 1065 (Scholastic, 2016)
• Ban This Book (Tor Forge, 2017)
• Refugee (Scholastic, 2017)
• Grenade (Scholastic, 2018)
• Allies (Scholastic, 2019)
• Resist (Scholastic, 2020)
• Ground Zero (Scholastic, 2021)
• Two Degrees (Scholastic, 2022)
• Captain America: The Ghost Army (Scholastic, 2023)^[7]
• Heroes (Scholastic, 2024)^[8]

Made plays

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 2004), made from the 1820 short story by Washington Irving
• Measured in Labor: The Coal Creek Project (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 2004)
• Young Nickory (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 1999)
• The Gift of the Magi (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 1999), made from the 1905 short story by O. Henry
• Indian Myths and Legends (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 1998)
• Sweet Sixteen (Knoxville Actors Co-op, 1998)

Grants and awards

• Finalist, 2002 Marguerite de Angeli Contest (now known as the Delacorte Dell Yearling Contest for a First Middle-Grade Novel)
• Co-winner, 2003 Kimberly Colen Memorial Grant from SCBWI^[9]
• Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in the Young Adult Literature category for his book Refugee^[10]
• Winner of the 2018 Global Read Aloud in the Middle School/Junior High Choice category of his book Refugee.
• Winner of the 2019–2020 Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) for Refugee^[11]
• 2020 Buxtehude Bull^[12]

References

1. Pilcher, Kaitlyn (February 16, 2022). "Young adult novelist Alan Gratz credits UT for preparing him for award-winning career". Retrieved September 16, 2023.
2. "About Me". Alan Gratz (alangratz.com). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
3. Studios, Clockpunk. "About Me". Alan Gratz. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
4. "(review of) Samurai Shortstop BR 17085". Braille Book Review. Library of Congress. November–December 2007. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
5. Cynthia Leitich Smith (November 24, 2007). "Author Interview: Alan Gratz on Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery". Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
6. "PRISONER B-3087". Retrieved March 23, 2019.
7. "Captain America: The Ghost Army". Alan Gratz. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
8. "Heroes". Alan Gratz. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
9. "Awards & Grants". Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. 2006. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
10. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
11. "Young Hoosier Book Award". Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
12. "Buxtehuder Bulle für Roman über Jugendliche auf der Flucht". Die Presse (in German). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

Other websites

• Alan Gratz at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Alan Gratz at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalog records