Ever since graduating with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, Hanna Alkaf (please see: A note on names) has written everything from profiles to press releases, from corporate annual reports to long-form investigative features, from social media posts to email newsletters. Her work has appeared in the Malaysian iterations of Marie Claire, Esquire, Shape, Female, Her World, and more.

Hanna’s books includes:

• THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY (young adult, Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster), winner of the Freeman Award for Young Adult/High School Literature
• THE GIRL & THE GHOST(middle grade, HarperCollins), Kirkus Prize Finalist
• QUEEN OF THE TILES (young adult, Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster)
• HAMRA & THE JUNGLE OF MEMORIES (middle grade, HarperCollins)
• TALES FROM CABIN 23: NIGHT OF THE LIVING HEAD (middle grade, Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
• THE HYSTERICAL GIRLS OF ST. BERNADETTE’S (young adult, Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster)

Anthologies:

• ONCE UPON AN EID (contributor; middle grade, ABRAMS Kids)
• THE GRIMOIRE OF GRAVE FATES, (co-created and co-edited with Margaret Owen; young adult, Delacorte/Penguin Random House)
• THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS (editor and contributor; middle grade, ABRAMS Kids)

Hanna has lived in Malaysia her entire life except for the six years she spent studying and working in Chicago. She currently lives near Kuala Lumpur with her husband and two children.

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