Elizabeth Acevedo
Author of The Poet X
About the Author
Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American poet and author, born and raised in New York City. She is a graduate of The George Washington University with a BA in Performing Arts and the University of Maryland with a MFA in Creative Writing. Her poetry has appeared in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post show more and Teen Vogue. Her work includes Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths, The Poet X, and With the Fire on High. She received several awards for her book The Poet X, a 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature, the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, and the 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Elizabeth Acevedo
Associated Works
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (2020) — Contributor — 306 copies
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience (2019) — Contributor — 66 copies
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contributor — 14 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Acevedo, Elizabeth
- Birthdate
- 1988-02-15
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (Dominican Republic)
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- George Washington University (BA|2010 ∙ Performing Arts)
University of Maryland (MFA|2015 ∙ Creative Writing) - Occupations
- poet
author - Awards and honors
- National Book Award (2018)
Audie Award (2020, 2021)
Michael L. Printz Award (2019)
Pura Belpre Award (2018)
Horn Book Award Prize for Best Children's Fiction (2018)
Walter Dean Myers Award (2019) (show all 7)
Carnegie Medal (2019) - Agent
- Ammi-Joan Paquette (Erin Murphy Literary)
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Statistics
- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 6,099
- Popularity
- #4,038
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 341
- ISBNs
- 108
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
- 3
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