Hannah Bowman is a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates; a theological scholar and writer; and the founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons.
Hannah has an M.A. in in Religious Studies with a specialization in Theology from Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, and a B.A. in English and Mathematics from Cornell University. She has been a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates since 2011, where she has sold over 100 books for clients, and has a client list including New York Times-bestselling and award-winning authors, including Pierce Brown, R.F. Kuang, Kameron Hurley, H.G. Parry, Brian Staveley, Rosamund Hodge, Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law, and more.
The founder and director of Christians for Abolition, Hannah writes and teaches on the Christian theology supporting prison abolition. She has developed extensive educational materials on the Christians for Abolition website and written for Sojourners, National Catholic Reporter, The Living Church, Earth and Altar, Episcopal Café, and The Hour about prison abolition and theology. She has taught guest classes at the Institute for Christian Studies, appeared on panels for the Canadian Theological Society and Episcopal Migration Ministries, and appeared on various podcasts including The Magnificast, Theology and Socialism, Public Theologians, A People’s Theology, and The Living Church podcast. She has published scholarly articles in the Anglican Theological Review, Political Theology, and Crucible.
Hannah has also worked with the LA pilot Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) restorative justice re-entry program, in collaboration with the Fresno Community Justice Center, and from 2016 to 2020 was a lay chaplain in the LA County Jails with Prism Restorative Justice.
Hannah lives in Los Angeles with her family.