Hannah R. Goodman is an American author of young adult and romance fiction. She is best known for her series, The Maddie Chronicles, and for her 2025 novel, High School Epic. Her work often explores adolescence, mental health, and emotional growth. Goodman’s writing has received recognition, including the 2004 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award and a bronze IPPY Award in 2007.
Hannah R. Goodman earned degrees in writing, education, and counselling, later adding professional credentials such as MFA, MEd, CGS, and LMHC. Alongside her literary career, she works as a psychotherapist. She once described herself as “a psychotherapist by day and a writer by night,” noting her fondness for tea, cats, and staying in to watch reality dating shows.
Her first novel, My Sister’s Wedding (2004), introduced the character Maddie Hickman and won first place in the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards, Children’s/Teen Division. The sequel, My Summer Vacation (2006), followed two years later and received a bronze IPPY Award in 2007. Fear of Falling appeared in 2009 and was praised for addressing homophobia and for coming out during adolescence. In total, three novels make up The Maddie Chronicles series.
In 2018, Goodman published Till It Stops Beating with Black Rose Writing. The novel was described by Literary Titan as “funny and sweet without making light of the issue,” referring to its portrayal of anxiety in teenage life. Although written as a stand-alone story, it became the final instalment in The Maddie Chronicles.
Goodman’s 2025 releases marked a new phase in her career. Her New Adult romance, I Love That Girl, published by The Wild Rose Press, was noted by readers for its mix of “joyous, sexy, and uncertain” tone. The same year saw the publication of High School Epic by Next Chapter, a young adult romance set in the early 1990s.
High School Epic follows Dani Fetter, a teenager coping with her father’s disappearance and the shifting loyalties of friends. Through letters and narrative chapters, the story spans four years of high school, revealing heartbreak, recovery, and self-discovery. Goodman has described it as a work that “captures the chaos of teenage life in the early 1990s with raw honesty, humour, and heart.”
In addition to fiction, Goodman has written essays and columns for MindBodyGreen, OC87 Recovery Diaries, and Zencare.co, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, and The Jewish Voice & Herald. She created the platform Sucker Literary to showcase emerging YA authors and contributed to the group blog All The Way YA. She now writes on her Substack, Writing My Way Through It, where she discusses writing, publishing, and mental health.
Hannah R. Goodman is open about her experiences with anxiety and pure obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she has explored in essays such as The Big Scare and When Thoughts Are Sticky.
In interviews, she has said that writing helps her “make sense of the noise inside” and connect with others who feel the same way.
Photo credit: FB @hannahrgoodmanauthor
Hannah R. Goodman earned degrees in writing, education, and counselling, later adding professional credentials such as MFA, MEd, CGS, and LMHC. Alongside her literary career, she works as a psychotherapist. She once described herself as “a psychotherapist by day and a writer by night,” noting her fondness for tea, cats, and staying in to watch reality dating shows.
Her first novel, My Sister’s Wedding (2004), introduced the character Maddie Hickman and won first place in the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards, Children’s/Teen Division. The sequel, My Summer Vacation (2006), followed two years later and received a bronze IPPY Award in 2007. Fear of Falling appeared in 2009 and was praised for addressing homophobia and for coming out during adolescence. In total, three novels make up The Maddie Chronicles series.
In 2018, Goodman published Till It Stops Beating with Black Rose Writing. The novel was described by Literary Titan as “funny and sweet without making light of the issue,” referring to its portrayal of anxiety in teenage life. Although written as a stand-alone story, it became the final instalment in The Maddie Chronicles.
Goodman’s 2025 releases marked a new phase in her career. Her New Adult romance, I Love That Girl, published by The Wild Rose Press, was noted by readers for its mix of “joyous, sexy, and uncertain” tone. The same year saw the publication of High School Epic by Next Chapter, a young adult romance set in the early 1990s.
High School Epic follows Dani Fetter, a teenager coping with her father’s disappearance and the shifting loyalties of friends. Through letters and narrative chapters, the story spans four years of high school, revealing heartbreak, recovery, and self-discovery. Goodman has described it as a work that “captures the chaos of teenage life in the early 1990s with raw honesty, humour, and heart.”
In addition to fiction, Goodman has written essays and columns for MindBodyGreen, OC87 Recovery Diaries, and Zencare.co, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, and The Jewish Voice & Herald. She created the platform Sucker Literary to showcase emerging YA authors and contributed to the group blog All The Way YA. She now writes on her Substack, Writing My Way Through It, where she discusses writing, publishing, and mental health.
Hannah R. Goodman is open about her experiences with anxiety and pure obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she has explored in essays such as The Big Scare and When Thoughts Are Sticky.
In interviews, she has said that writing helps her “make sense of the noise inside” and connect with others who feel the same way.
Photo credit: FB @hannahrgoodmanauthor
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