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= Allan Wolf = Allan Wolf (b. 1963) is an American poet and author based in Asheville, North Carolina. He is best known for his novel on the Titanic disaster, The Watch That Ends the Night. His novels are primarily multi-perspective young adult historical fiction written in poetic verse, but he does have several poetry books aimed at younger children. He is also an accomplished slam poet who has committed hundreds of poems to memory and founded the Southern Fried Poetry Slam in 1995.

Poetry Slam Career
Wolf taught at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, for three years in the early 1990s before joining a traveling group of poets and actors known as Poetry Alive! He was the host of the 1994 National Poetry Slam in Asheville, North Carolina. He founded the Southern Fried Poetry Slam in 1995, which continues today, and is thought to be a major contributor to the growth of poetry slams in the American South. Wolf has hundreds of poems memorized and continues to travel and perform. He currently lives in Asheville with his wife and three children.

Young Adult Literature

 * New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery (2004)


 * The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party (2020)
 * Published in 2020 by Candlewick Press, The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party is Wolf’s third historical fiction verse novel. It is told in multiple perspectives, including the voice of hunger. The book tells the story of the whole trip of the Donner Party, and includes an appendices with character biographies, statistics, and a time line. While researching for the novel, Wolf spent time outdoors in the winter to understand what it felt like to be cold, and interviewed a man who experienced near-starvation. The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep was a finalist for the 2020 LA Times Book Prize for young adult literature. The book was described by the Times as “hauntingly beautiful” and “a fascinating cautionary tale.”


 * The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic (2011)
 * Published in 2011, The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic is a young adult historical fiction novel written entirely in verse. It is told from two dozen different characters’ perspectives, including the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown, a rat aboard the ship, and the iceberg. The novel covers the entire voyage of the Titanic, from takeoff to the rescue of the survivors, and includes real-life telegrams sent during the voyage. When writing the book, Wolf created a secondary cast composed entirely of ship rats, but cut the narrative mostly out of the final draft at the request of his editor. The book has won several awards, including the 2012 Claudia Lewis Poetry Award  and the 2012 North Carolina School Library Media Association Book Award. Kirkus Reviews described it as “[a] lyrical, monumental work of fact and imagination that reads like an oral history revved up by the drama of the event.”
 * Who Killed Christopher Goodman? (2017)
 * Published in 2017, Who Killed Christopher Goodman? is about a teenager who is murdered, and the ways the surviving friends come to terms with the event. It was based on the real-life murder of Wolf's childhood friend Ed Disney, though Wolf changed some of the actual events while writing the novel.
 * Zane's Trace (2007)

Children's Poetry

 * No Buddy Like A Book (2021)
 * The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts (2003)
 * The Day the Universe Exploded My Head: Poems to Take You into Space and Back Again (2019)