Alan Gratz
Born (1972-01-27) January 27, 1972
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
OccupationAuthor
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (BA)
GenreYoung Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
SpouseWendi Gratz[2]
ChildrenJo Gratz[2]

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, Allies, and Refugee.

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]

Alan Gratz lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and daughter.[2]

About Projekt 1065:

   Projekt 1065 was a top-secret Nazi project for a new type of plane. The plane was the fighter jet, however, the plans for it had already gotten to Great Britain and been built in Britain by the time the Nazis tried using it against them. The nazis had been rendered useless with no chance of invading Great Britain when they tried using their fighter jets,  which was one of the reasons the nazis had lost the war. However, not all Nazis were bad. Some were just children being manipulated at a young age and thought God had sent down Hitler to do this to the world. These children were shown videos of things that happened in concentration camps and what they promoting. Some did not believe this. Some did. Either way, they were let off the hook, since they were led by bad leaders. These leaders got punished for sending Jews to camps, killing them for no reason, and many more. Some of these leaders were sentenced to death for the amount of murders, homicides, and war crimes they had committed. They were also punished for certain groups of separation. For example, they put the Jews in one group, and the prisoners from Poland in another, the homosexuals in a different group, so on so forth. Either way, they were punished for brainwashing the children and making them fight in war as well as wasting their childhood years. Hitler's family is very ashamed of what he did, and some of them even changed their last name to cover up the fact that they were related to a  Jew-killing homicidal man who committed many war crimes during his time.

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 Nickory (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[3]
  • Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in the Young Adult Literature category for his book Refugee[4]
  • Winner of the 2019–2020 Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) for Refugee[5]
  • 2020 Buxtehude Bull[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Pilcher, Kaitlyn (February 16, 2022). "Young adult novelist Alan Gratz credits UT for preparing him for award-winning career". Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Me". Alan Gratz (alangratz.com). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Awards & Grants". Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. 2006. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Young Hoosier Book Award". Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Buxtehuder Bulle für Roman über Jugendliche auf der Flucht". Die Presse (in German). November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.


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