Elizabeth Acevedo

Elizabeth Acevedo is an American author best known as the author of The Poet X which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. In addition to her work as an author, she is also a National Poetry Slam champion. Acevedo holds her MFA in creative writing which she received from the University of Maryland. She is currently located in Washington, DC where she lives and writes. Get notified when Elizabeth Acevedo releases a new book at BookNotification.com.