Hal Schrieve

Hal Schrieve is the author of books about teens, queer community, monsters and aliens. Hir first book Out of Salem (2019), was selected for the National Book Award Long List for Young People’s Literature in 2019. Hir second book, How To Get Over the End of the World, was released in October 2023. Hal’s next novel Fawn’s Blood will be out September 16, 2025.

Hal writes queer fiction for young people. Hal also writes comics and zines for people hir own age, some of which you can find here.

When Hal is not writing books, ze works as a children’s librarian. As a librarian, Hal has written educator guides to other queer books for children and teens.

Hal has had poetry in Vetch magazine, and is featured in Stacked Deck Press’s 2018 trans comics anthology We’re Still Here.

Hal earned hir Master’s in Library Science from Queens’ College. Hal lives in Ridgewood with hir husband Nicholas and cat Maimo.

website: https://halschrieve.com/