Hannah Sward

Hannah Sward is daughter of the late poet, Robert Sward. An IPPY gold medalist for regional non-fiction, Hannah is the award-winning author of Strip: A Memoir which has received the attention of authors such as Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, Melissa Broder, and NYT bestselling novelists Jill Schary Robinson and Caroline Leavitt.

Sward has appeared on Book TV CSPAN in conversation with The Voices and Faces Project, NBC CA Live for a segment in honor of National Recovery Month and has been a guest on dozens of panels and podcasts such as AWP, Dopey, The Only One in The Room, and One Day At A Time.

Widely published in literary journals in the US, Canada, and the UK, her most recent work can be read in the LA Times, HuffPost, The Rumpus and NY Times Tiny Love Stories (forthcoming). She was a regular contributor at The Fix and Erotic Review and columnist and editor at Third Street Villager in Los Angeles.

Hannah lives in Los Angeles where she is working on her next book.