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{{Short description|American young adult & middle grade author}}
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'''Hannah Moskowitz''' (born April 12, 1991) is an American author of [[young adult fiction|young adult and middle grade novels]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Hannah-Moskowitz/60317864/author_revealed |title=Hannah Moskowitz |website=Simon & Schuster |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> As of 2021, Moskowitz has published fourteen novels, three short stories, and three non-fiction essays.
 
{{Infobox writer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|12}} =
| alma_mater = University of Maryland
| genre = youngYoung adult fiction, middle grade fiction
| notableworks = Gone, Gone, Gone = {{unbulleted list|
Break |
| awards = 2013 Stonewall Book Award▼
Gone Gone Gone |
| years_active = 2009-now▼
Sick Kids in Love}}
| website = http://hannahmosk.blogspot.com/▼
▲| awards = 2013 Stonewall Book Award
2019 Sydney Taylor Honor Award
▲| years_active = 2009-now2009–present
▲| website = http://{{url|hannahmosk.blogspot.com/}}
| birth_place = [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], U.S.
}}
 
== Career ==
Her first novel, ''Break'', was published while she was a junior in high school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.writermag.com/writing-inspiration/author-interviews/hannah-moskowitz/|title=Hannah Moskowitz on the edge - The Writer|work=The Writer|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[On the Jellicoe Road]], [[When You Reach Me]], [[The year of secret assignments|The Year of Secret Assignments]]'', and ''My Heartbeat'' are among Moskowitz's favorite books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebooklantern.co.uk/2011/03/interview-with-hannah-moskowitz-author.html|title=Interview With Hannah Moskowitz, Author of Invincible Summer|website=www.thebooklantern.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>
 
=== Young adult fiction ===
Moskowitz wrote her [[debut novel|debut young adult novel]], ''Break,'' was published in 2009 by [[Simon Pulse]], while she was a junior in high school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4169-8275-3|title=Children's Book Review: Break by Hannah Moskowitz, Author Simon Pulse $8.99 (262p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8275-3|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> ''Break'' was on was on the [[List of ALA awards|ALA's 2010 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults]].<ref name="ala">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/popularpaperback/10ppya|title=2010 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults|website=Young Adult Library Services Association|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref>▼
 
▲Moskowitz wrote her' [[debut novel|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]], while she was a junior in high school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4169-8275-3|title=Children's Book Review: Break by Hannah Moskowitz, Author Simon Pulse $8.99 (262p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8275-3|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> ''Break'' was on was on the [[List of ALA awards|ALA's 2010 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults]].<ref name="ala">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/popularpaperback/10ppya|title=2010 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults|website=Young Adult Library Services Association|date=January 14, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> and received a [[starred review]] from ''[[Booklist]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Break-Hannah-Moskowitz/pid=3481715|title=Break, by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Booklist Online|last1=than 200|first1=More|last2=Librarians|first2=000 Book Reviews for|last3=Groups|first3=Book|last4=Association|first4=book lovers-from the trusted experts at the American Library}}</ref>
Her sophomore novel, ''Invincible Summe''r, told over four summers dealing with the divorce of the main character's parents and summer romance, was published by [[Simon Pulse]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/invincible-summer/|title=INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref>
 
Her thirdsophomore novel, ''Gone,Invincible Gone, GoneSumme''r, settold over four summers onedealing yearwith afterthe 9/11divorce of the main character's parents and summer romance, was published in 2012 by [[Simon &Pulse Schuster|Simonin Pulse]]2011.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/goneinvincible-gone-gonesummer/|title=GONE, GONE,INVINCIBLE GONESUMMER by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> It was a [[Stonewall Book Award|Stonewall Honor Book]] for 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/honored|title=Stonewall Book Awards List|website=GLBTRT|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=October 6, 2015}}</ref>
 
Moskowitz'Her fourththird novel, ''TeethGone, Gone, Gone'', aboutset aone teenyear movingafter to a remote island and befriending two mysterious teens with dark secrets9/11, was published in 2012 by [[Simon Pulse]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stevenson|first=Deborah|date=2013|title=Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz (review)book|url=https://musewww.jhukirkusreviews.educom/articlebook-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/gone-gone-gone/495931|journaltitle=BulletinGONE, ofGONE, theGONE Centerby forHannah Children'sMoskowitz Books{{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|volume=66|issue=6|pages=281–282|doi=10.1353/bcc.2013.0136|issn=1558-6766us}}</ref> It receivedwas a starred[[Stonewall reviewBook fromAward|Stonewall [[KirkusHonor ReviewsBook]] for 2013.<ref>{{Cite bookweb|url=httpshttp://www.kirkusreviewsala.comorg/book-reviewsglbtrt/hannah-moskowitz/teeth-moskowitzaward/honored|title=TEETHStonewall byBook HannahAwards MoskowitzList|website=GLBTRT|publisher=American {{!}}Library Kirkus ReviewsAssociation|languageaccess-date=en-usOctober 6, 2015}}</ref>
 
HerMoskowitz' fifthfourth novel, ''Not Otherwise SpecifiedTeeth'', about a teen moving to a remote island and befriending two mysterious teens with dark secrets, was published by [[Simon Pulse]] in 20152013.<ref>{{Cite newsjournal|last=Stevenson|first=Deborah|date=2013|title=Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz (review)|url=https://wwwmuse.publishersweeklyjhu.comedu/978-1-4814-0596-6article/495931|titlejournal=Children'sBulletin Bookof Review:the NotCenter Otherwisefor Specified by Hannah Moskowitz. SimonChildren's Pulse, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4814-0596-Books|language=en|volume=66|issue=6|workpages=PublishersWeekly281–282|doi=10.com1353/bcc.2013.0136|access-dates2cid=2018-11-26143500334|languageissn=en1558-6766}}</ref> It tells the story of black bisexual ex-ballerina Etta, whoreceived strugglesa withstarred fittingreview infrom and''[[Kirkus applies to a New York art school.Reviews]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/notteeth-otherwise-specifiedmoskowitz/|title=NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIEDTEETH by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> and ''Booklist''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Teeth-Hannah-Moskowitz/pid=5854367|title=Teeth, by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Booklist Online|last1=than 200|first1=More|last2=Librarians|first2=000 Book Reviews for|last3=Groups|first3=Book|last4=Association|first4=book lovers-from the trusted experts at the American Library}}</ref>
 
Her sixthfifth novel, ''ANot HistoryOtherwise of Glitter and BloodSpecified'', was published by ChronicleSimon Pulse in 20162015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-45214814-29420596-6|title=Children's Book Review: ANot HistoryOtherwise of Glitter and BloodSpecified by Hannah Moskowitz. ChronicleSimon Pulse, $1817.99 (280p304p) ISBN 978-1-45214814-29420596-6|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> It followstells rebelliousthe fairystory Beckan,of whoblack getsbisexual mixedex-ballerina upEtta, inwho astruggles warwith betweenfitting fairies, gnomes,in and "tightropers",applies to a mysteriousNew fantasyYork people who invade the city walking on tightropes in theart skyschool.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/historynot-glitterotherwise-bloodspecified/|title=ANOT HISTORYOTHERWISE OF GLITTER AND BLOODSPECIFIED by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> It received a starred review from [[Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Quealy-Gainer|first=Kate|date=2015-08-26|title=A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/589509|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|language=en|volume=69|issue=1|pages=40–41|doi=10.1353/bcc.2015.0624|issn=1558-6766}}</ref>
 
MoskowitzHer alsosixth co-wrotenovel, a''A novelHistory withof KatGlitter Helgeson,and Blood''Gena, was published by Chronicle in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https:/Finn'/www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4521-2942-6|title=Children's Book Review: A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz. Chronicle, about$18.99 two(280p) teensISBN 978-1-4521-2942-6|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> It follows rebellious fairy Beckan, who aregets fansmixed ofup in a copwar dramabetween fairies, gnomes, and fall"tightropers", a mysterious fantasy people who invade the city walking on tightropes in lovethe onlinesky.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/genafinnhistory-glitter-blood/|title=GENA/FINNA byHISTORY HannahOF MoskowitzGLITTER ,AND KatBLOOD Helgesonby Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> It wasreceived publisheda instarred 2016review byfrom [[ChronicleBulletin of the Center for Children's Books|Chronicle]].<ref>{{Cite newsjournal|urllast=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978Quealy-1Gainer|first=Kate|date=2015-452108-3839-826|title=Children'sA BookHistory Review:of Gena/FinnGlitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson(review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/589509|journal=Bulletin Chronicle,of $17.99the Center (292p)for ISBNChildren's 978-Books|language=en|volume=69|issue=1-4521-3839-8|workpages=PublishersWeekly40–41|doi=10.com1353/bcc.2015.0624|access-dates2cid=2018-11-26143137040|languageissn=en1558-6766}}</ref>
 
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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/genafinn/|title=GENA/FINN by Hannah Moskowitz , Kat Helgeson {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> It was published in 2016 by [[Chronicle Books|Chronicle]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4521-3839-8|title=Children's Book Review: Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson. Chronicle, $17.99 (292p) ISBN 978-1-4521-3839-8|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4521-3151-1|title=Children's Book Review: Salt by Hannah Moskowitz. Chronicle, $17.99 (268p) ISBN 978-1-4521-3151-1|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> ''Salt'' received a starred review from [[Kirkus Reviews]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/salt-moskowitz/|title=SALT by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref>
 
Her next novel, ''Sick Kids in Love'', about two chronically- ill teens who fall in love after meeting at the hospital, will bewas published by Entangled Teen in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/76639-rights-report-week-of-april-16-2018.html|title=Rights Report: Week of April 16, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en}}</ref> It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/sick-kids-in-love/|title=SICK KIDS IN LOVE by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> Booklist,<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Sick-Kids-in-Love-Hannah-Moskowitz/pid=9727150|title=Sick Kids in Love, by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Booklist Online|last1=than 200|first1=More|last2=Librarians|first2=000 Book Reviews for|last3=Groups|first3=Book|last4=Association|first4=book lovers-from the trusted experts at the American Library}}</ref> and Publishers Weekly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-64063-732-0|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-10-31 |title=Sick Kids in Love}}</ref> It was also a nominee for [[Young Adult Library Services Association|YALSA]]'s Best Fiction for Young Adults and a recipient of the Sydney Taylor Honor Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2019/12/06/best-fiction-for-young-adults-bfya2020-nominees-round-up-december-6-edition/|title=Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2020) Nominees Round Up, December 6 Edition|date=2019-12-06|website=The Hub|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>
 
=== Middle grade fiction ===
 
Her debut middle grade novel, ''Zombie Tag'', about a boy who resurrects his late older brother as a zombie, was published by [[Roaring Brook Press|Roaring Brook]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/zombie-tag/|title=ZOMBIE TAG by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref> Her second middle grade, ''Marco Impossible'', was published by [[Roaring Brook Press|Roaring Brook]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-moskowitz/marco-impossible/|title=MARCO IMPOSSIBLE by Hannah Moskowitz {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}</ref>
 
== Bibliography ==
 
=== Young adult ===
==== Novels ====▼
 
▲==== Novels ====
*''Break'' ([[Simon Pulse]], 2009)
*''Invincible SummerBreak'' ([[Simon & Schuster|Simon Pulse,]] 20112009)
*''Gone, Gone,Invincible GoneSummer'' ([[Simon Pulse]], 20122011)
*''TeethGone, Gone, Gone'' ([[Simon Pulse]], 20132012)
*''Not Otherwise Specified Teeth'' ([[Simon Pulse|Simon]] [[Simon Pulse|Pulse]], 20152013)
*''ANot HistoryOtherwise ofSpecified Glitter and Blood'' ([[ChronicleSimon Books|Chronicle]]Pulse, 2015)
*''Gena/Finn,''A cowrittenHistory withof KatGlitter Helgesonand Blood'' ([[Chronicle Books|Chronicle]], 20162015)
*''3Gena/Finn,'' ([[Amazoncowritten with Kat Helgeson (company)|Amazon]]Chronicle, 2016)
*''Wild3'' ([[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], 20172016)
*''SaltWild'' ([[Chronicle Books|Chronicle]]Amazon, 20182017)
*''Salt'' (Chronicle, 2018)
*''Sick Kids in Love'' (Entangled Teen, 2019)
*''The Love Song of Ivy K. Harlowe'' (Entangled Teen, 2021)
 
==== Short stories ====
* 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)
 
=== Middle grade novels ===
*''Zombie Tag'' ([[Roaring Brook Press]], 2011)▼
*''Marco Impossible'' ([[Roaring Brook Press]], 2013)▼
 
=== New adult short story ===
▲*''Zombie Tag'' ([[Roaring Brook Press]], 2011)
* in ''Fifty First Times'', edited by [[Julie Cross]] ([[Avon Impulse]], 2014)
▲*''Marco Impossible'' ([[Roaring Brook Press]], 2013)
 
=== Non-fiction essays ===
 
* 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)
 
== Awards ==▼
 
=== 2013 ===
 
▲== Awards & honors ==
* [[Stonewall Book Award]] for ''Gone, Gone, Gone'' ([[Simon Pulse]], 2012)
* 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)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 Stonewall Book Awards Announced {{!}} ALA |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2013/01/2013-stonewall-book-awards-announced |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Association of Jewish Libraries|Sydney Taylor Honor Award]] for ''Sick Kids in Love'' (Entangled Teen, 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Taylor Book Award |url=https://jewishlibraries.org/sydney_taylor_book_award/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.hannahmoskowitz.com/}}
* [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Hannah-Moskowitz/60317864/biography/ Simon and Schuster Biography]
 
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[[Category:American LGBTQ writers]]
[[Category:University of Maryland Global Campus alumni]]
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