From the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X,Elizabeth Acevedo has secured New York Times bestseller listings for all her novels - THE POET X, WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH and CLAP WHEN YOU LAND,Elizabeth has won multiple awards in the USA for THE POET X, including the National Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award and the Pura Belpre Award

Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling and 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of THE POET X. She is also the winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, The Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award Prize for Best Children's Fiction and the Pura Belpré Award for a work that best affirms the Latinx cultural experience.
She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer's Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion and resides in Washington, DC with her partner.