Alan Gratz is an author of novels, short stories, plays, magazine articles, and radio commercials. His short fiction has appeared in Metropulse magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, among others.

In addition, Gratz has taught writing to middle school students in Tokyo, Japan, worked with young writers from the Columbus, Ohio area, and written a few episodes of A&E’s City Confidential series.

Gratz was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and attended the University of Tennessee, where he earned a College Scholars degree with a specialization in creative writing, and, later, a Master’s degree in English education. He currently lives in western North Carolina with his wife Wendi and his daughter Jo.