Hannah V. Sawyerr

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 gal-dem, Rookie, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. Sawyerr is an English professor at Loyola Marymount University and lives in Los Angeles.

Hannah V. Sawyerr's Titles

Truth Is A Novel in Verse

Truth Is

Finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s LiteratureFrom the critically acclaimed author of All the Fighting Parts comes...


All the Fighting Parts A Novel

All the Fighting Parts

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, an award-winning searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency after a sexual assault within...