Henry Herz writes for the picture book, chapter book, middle grade, young adult, and adult markets. He especially enjoys writing fantasy (both high fantasy and urban fantasy), science fiction, and horror.
Henry Herz has authored the picture books: Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes (Pelican), When You Give an Imp a Penny (Pelican), Mabel and the Queen Of Dreams (Schiffer), Little Red Cuttlefish (Pelican), Cap’n Rex & His Clever Crew (Sterling), Good Egg and Bad Apple (Schiffer), How the Squid Got Two Long Arms (Pelican), Alice’s Magic Garden (Familius), 2 Pirates + 1 Robot (Kane Miller), I Am Smoke (Tilbury House, Kirkus star, ALA Notable Children’s Book), I Am Gravity (Tilbury House), I Am Light (Tilbury House), I Am Wind (Tilbury House), and A Book About Nothing (Familus).
His short stories for children and adults have appeared in: Highlights for Children, Ladybug Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Metastellar, Titan Books, and anthologies from Penguin Random House, Albert Whitman, Blackstone Publishing, Third Flatiron, Baen Books, and elsewhere.
Henry has edited nine anthologies for children and adults (all of which feature stories from bestselling and award-winning authors):
Beyond the Pale (adult dark fantasy, Birch Tree Publishing), Coming of Age: 13 B’nai Mitzvah Stories (middle grade contemporary, Albert Whitman & Co.), The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie (young adult dark fantasy, Blackstone Publishing), The Festival of Lights (middle grade contemporary, Albert Whitman & Co., School Library Journal star, ), Wink (young adult contemporary fantasy, Brigids Gate Press), Red Stars & Shattered Shields (adult sci-fi, Yuriko Publishing), Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II (adult urban fantasy, Blackstone Publishing), Death Maidens: Off-Duty Valkyries (adult urban fantasy, Penguin Random House), and Waterborne (adult horror, The Brothers Uber).
Find Henry's full list of writing here.
Henry is a member of SCBWI, the Author's Guild, and the IAMTW. He has received writing grants from SCBWI and PJ Our Way (twice). He is a former software project manager and process improvement consultant. Henry earned a BS in Engineering from Cornell U., an MS in Engineering from George Washington U., and an MA in Political Science from Georgetown U.
He lives in sunny San Diego with his lovely wife, Julie. When he’s not writing, Henry enjoys taking his faithful hound, Iroh, to the dog park and putzing around the yard. He also moderates author panels at pop culture conventions and writers conferences. Henry wishes he could illustrate, but he cannot even draw stick figures. He’s also a terrible dancer.
Henry is proudly represented by Carter Hasegawa (carter@tugeau2.com).