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''.

Life

Alan Gratz was born in

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. He holds a B.A. in

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and a master's degree in English education, both from the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

, Knoxville. During his time at the university, he worked for the school's newspaper, the ''Daily Beacon''. Gratz currently lives in

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with his wife and daughter.

Published works

*''Samurai Shortstop'' ( Dial Books, 2006) *'' Something Rotten'' (Dial, 2007) *The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel In Nine Innings (Dial, 2009) * ''Fantasy Baseball'' (Dial, 2011) * ''Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game'' ( Simon Spotlight, 2012) * '' Prisoner B-3087'' ( Scholastic, 2013) * ''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) * ''

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'' (Scholastic, 2017) * ''Grenade'' (Scholastic, 2018) * '' Allies (novel)'' (Scholastic, 2019) * ''Resist'' (Scholastic, 2020) * ''Ground Zero'' (Scholastic, 2021) * ''Two Degrees'' (Scholastic, 2022) * ''Captain America: The Ghost Army'' (Scholastic, 2023) * ''Heroes'' (Scholastic, 2024)

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

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'' **'' 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 *Winner of the 2017

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in the Young Adult Literature category for his book ''Refugee'' *Winner of the 201
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'' * 2020 Buxtehude Bull

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* * * Living people 1972 births Writers from Knoxville, Tennessee University of Tennessee alumni 21st-century American novelists American young adult novelists American television writers American male television writers American male novelists American male screenwriters American children's writers 21st-century American male writers Screenwriters from Tennessee 21st-century American screenwriters Jewish American children's writers 21st-century American Jews Jewish American screenwriters Jews from Tennessee Jewish American novelists {{US-child-writer-stub