Fox Cities Book Festival: Connecting Writers and Readers

Alan Gratz is the bestselling author of seventeen novels for young readers. His 2017 novel, Refugee has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the winner of 14 state awards. Its other accolades include the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Award, a Charlotte Huck Award Honor, and a Malka Penn Award for Human Rights Honor. Refugee was also a Global Read Aloud Book for 2018. Alan’s 2021 novel, Ground Zero was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, and was an ABA Indie, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. His 2019 novel, Allies debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and received four starred reviews, and 2018’s Grenade debuted at #3. His other books include, Prisoner B-3087, which was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Readers pick and winner of eight state awards; Projekt 1065, a Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 and winner of five state awards; Code of Honor, a YALSA Quick Pick for Young Readers; and Ban This Book, which was featured by Whoopi Goldberg on The View. Alan lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his family.