About

Short Bio: Hannah V. Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC’s World Have Your Say program, as well as the National Education Association’s “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in Essence, gal-dem, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Sawyerr lives in Los Angeles, California. ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS is her debut novel.

Long Bio: Hannah V. Sawyerr is a Sierra Leonean-American poet and storyteller. For Hannah's literary and community involvement, she was recognized as the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore. Her spoken word has been featured on the British Broadcasting Channel's (BBC) "World Have Your Say" program, as well as the National Education Association's "Do You Hear Us?" campaign. Her written word has been featured in several publications such as Essence, gal-dem, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her debut novel ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS was selected as an American Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Kids’ Indies Introduce Pick, a September/October Kids’ Indie Next Pick, a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, an American Library Association’s (ALA) Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten Title, and a Kirkus Best Book of the year. Sawyerr lives in Los Angeles, California.