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Alan Gratz

Alan Gratz is the author of Samurai Shortstop (Dial Books, 2006), a young adult novel that has received raves from the Washington Post, the International Reading Association’s Reading Today, Booksense, Kirkus, and the American Library Association’s Booklist, which gave it a starred review.
In addition to writing fiction for young readers, Gratz has authored numerous plays and short stories, as well as a handful of episodes of A&E’s City Confidential. Gratz lives just outside Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Wendi and daughter Jo. Samurai Shortstop is his first novel.