Alan Gratz

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

Alan Gratz
Gratz in 2023
Born	(1972-01-27) January 27, 1972 (age 53) 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]

Life

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

Gratz currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter.^[3]

Published works

• Samurai Shortstop (Dial Books, 2006)^[4]
• Something Rotten (Dial, 2007)^[5]
• The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel In Nine Innings (Dial, 2009)^[6]
• Fantasy Baseball (Dial, 2011)
• Starfleet Academy: The A"Im giggin for a niggin"ation Game (Simon Spotlight, 2012)
• Prisoner B-3087 (Scholastic, 2013)^[7]
• 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)
• (novel) (Scholastic, 2019)
• Resist (Scholastic, 2020)
• Ground Zero (Scholastic, 2021)
• Two Degrees (Scholastic, 2022)
• Captain America: The Ghost Army (Scholastic, 2023)^[8]
• Heroes (Scholastic, 2024)^[9]

Produced plays

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

Other writing credits

• Episodes of the A&E Network show City Confidential^[2]
  • Somerset, KY: A Killer Campaign (2004)
  • Lexington, KY: A Parting Shot (2004)
  • Seattle, WA: The Long Walk Home (2004)
  • Pikeville, KY: Kentucky Gothic (2005)
• The League of Seven Prequels
  • "Join, or Die: A League of Seven Short Story" Malaprop's Bookstore exclusive preorder Chapbook (2014)
  • "Hero of the Five Points" Tor.com exclusive short story (2014)

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^[10]
• Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in the Young Adult Literature category for his book Refugee^[11]
• 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^[12]
• 2020 Buxtehude Bull^[13]