Her upcoming projects include the YA anthology THE GRIMOIRE OF GRAVE FATES, in which a diverse cast of characters work to solve the murder of an unpopular professor at their magic school and HAMRA & THE JUNGLE OF MEMORIES, a MG fantasy retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in the jungles of Langkawi, Malaysia.
She followed this up with the YA murder mystery QUEEN OF THE TILES, set at a Scrabble tournament in Malaysia. Her debut Middle Grade novel, Kirkus Prize finalist THE GIRL & THE GHOST, was published by HarperCollins in August 2020. Her critically-acclaimed debut Young Adult novel, THE WEIGHT OF OUR SK Y, was published in February 2019 by Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and won a Freeman Award for Young Adult/High School Literature. She currently lives near Kuala Lumpur with her husband and two children, and attempts to write books while juggling her never-ending to-do list (this works on some days better than others). Hanna has lived in Malaysia her entire life except for the six years she spent studying and working in and near Chicago. She’s written everything from profiles to press releases, from corporate annual reports to long-form investigative features, from social media posts to email newsletters, and her work has appeared in the Malaysian iterations of Marie Claire, Esquire, Shape, Female, Her World, and more. Ever since graduating with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, Hanna Alkaf (please see: A note on names) has worked as a copywriter in online B2B marketing, a senior writer at a major fashion & lifestyle magazine, and a communications manager at a non-profit organization in education.
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