Hannah Moskowitz

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Hannah Moskowitz is an American author of young adult and middle grade novels.^[1] As of 2021, Moskowitz has published fourteen novels, three short stories, and three non-fiction essays.

Her first novel, Break, was published while she was a junior in high school.^[2] On the Jellicoe Road, When You Reach Me, The Year of Secret Assignments, and My Heartbeat are among Moskowitz's favorite books.^[3]

Moskowitz' debut young adult novel Break, about a boy on a mission to break every bone in his body, was published in 2009 by Simon Pulse.^[4] Break was on was on the ALA's 2010 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults^[5] and received a starred review from Booklist.^[6]

Her sophomore novel, Invincible Summer, told over four summers dealing with the divorce of the main character's parents and summer romance, was published by Simon Pulse in 2011.^[7]

Her third novel, Gone, Gone, Gone, set one year after 9/11, was published in 2012 by Simon Pulse.^[8] It was a Stonewall Honor Book for 2013.^[9]

Moskowitz' fourth novel, Teeth, about a teen moving to a remote island and befriending two mysterious teens with dark secrets, was published by Simon Pulse in 2013.^[10] It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews^[11] and Booklist.^[12]

Her fifth novel, Not Otherwise Specified, was published by Simon Pulse in 2015.^[13] It tells the story of black bisexual ex-ballerina Etta, who struggles with fitting in and applies to a New York art school.^[14]

Her sixth novel, A History of Glitter and Blood, was published by Chronicle in 2016.^[15] It follows rebellious fairy Beckan, who gets mixed up in a war between fairies, gnomes, and "tightropers", a mysterious fantasy people who invade the city walking on tightropes in the sky.^[16] It received a starred review from Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.^[17]

Moskowitz also co-wrote a novel with Kat Helgeson, Gena/Finn, about two teen girls who bond over their intense appreciation for a cop TV show and ultimately fall in love over the course of a series of online interactions.^[18] The story is a modern example of the epistolary novel, as the narrative unfolds through a series of fanfics, art pieces, text messages, and emails between and about the characters.^[18] It was published in 2016 by Chronicle.^[19]

Moskowitz self-published her next two novels, 3 and Wild, via Amazon.

Her tenth novel, Salt, about a family of teenage sea monster hunters, was published by Chronicle in 2018.^[20] Salt received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.^[21]

Her next novel, Sick Kids in Love, about two chronically ill teens who fall in love after meeting at the hospital, was published by Entangled Teen in November 2019.^[22] It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews,^[23] Booklist,^[24] and Publishers Weekly.^[25] It was also a nominee for YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults and a recipient of the Sydney Taylor Honor Award.^[26]

Her debut middle grade novel, Zombie Tag, about a boy who resurrects his late older brother as a zombie, was published by Roaring Brook in 2011.^[27] Her second middle grade, Marco Impossible, was published by Roaring Brook in 2013.^[28]

• Break (Simon Pulse, 2009)
• Invincible Summer (Simon Pulse, 2011)
• Gone, Gone, Gone (Simon Pulse, 2012)
• Teeth (Simon Pulse, 2013)
• Not Otherwise Specified (Simon Pulse, 2015)
• A History of Glitter and Blood (Chronicle, 2015)
• Gena/Finn, cowritten with Kat Helgeson (Chronicle, 2016)
• 3 (Amazon, 2016)
• Wild (Amazon, 2017)
• Salt (Chronicle, 2018)
• Sick Kids in Love (Entangled Teen, 2019)
• The Love Song of Ivy K. Harlowe (Entangled Teen, 2021)

• in Violent Ends, edited by Shaun David Hutchinson (Simon Pulse, 2015)
• in It's a Whole Spiel, edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman (Knopf, 2019)

• Zombie Tag (Roaring Brook Press, 2011)
• Marco Impossible (Roaring Brook Press, 2013)

• in Fifty First Times, edited by Julie Cross (Avon Impulse, 2014)

• in Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves, edited by E. Kristin Anderson (Zest Books, 2012)
• in Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles, edited by Jessica Burkhardt (Simon Pulse, 2018)
• in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America, edited by Amy Reed (Simon Pulse, 2018)

• 2010: American Library Association's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults for Break (Simon Pulse, 2009)
• 2013: Stonewall Book Award for Gone, Gone, Gone (Simon Pulse, 2012)^[29]
• 2019: Sydney Taylor Honor Award for Sick Kids in Love (Entangled Teen, 2019)^[30]

• Simon and Schuster Biography