Elizabeth Acevedo

Elizabeth Acevedo

Elizabeth Acevedo was born in 1988, Elizabeth Acevedo has written at least 15 books. Their most popular book is Clap When You Land with 402 saves with an average rating of 4.2⭐.

Author Bio

ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was the 2022 Young People’s Poet Laureate and the New York Times-bestselling 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 Carnegie medal, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of With the Fire on High—which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal—and Clap When You Land, which was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist.

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 love.

https://www.acevedowrites.com/

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Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
4.2172 reads
The Poet X
The Poet X
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
4.44216 reads
With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
4.42128 reads
Family Lore
Family Lore
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
3.5837 reads
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Amerie
  • Dhonielle Clayton
  • Jalissa Corrie
  • Somaiya Daud
  • Charlotte Nicole Davis
  • Alaya Dawn Johnson
  • Justina Ireland
  • Danny Lore
  • L.L. McKinney
  • Rebecca Roanhorse
  • Karen Strong
  • Ashley Woodfolk
  • Ibi Zoboi
  • Danielle Paige
3.9410 reads
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
  • Elizabeth Acevedo
4.5316 reads
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
    4.135 reads
    Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism
    Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism
      3.52 reads
      Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths
      Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths
      • Elizabeth Acevedo
      00 reads
      Because I Was A Girl
      Because I Was A Girl
        3.53 reads
        Cover 2

        Untitled

        Untitled
        • Elizabeth Acevedo
        41 read
        Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
        Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
        • Mahogany L. Browne
        • Elizabeth Acevedo
        • Olivia Gatwood
        42 reads
        Write Yourself A Lantern: A Journal Inspired By The Poet X
        Write Yourself A Lantern: A Journal Inspired By The Poet X
        • Elizabeth Acevedo
        00 reads
        Family Lore: A Novel
        Family Lore: A Novel
        • Elizabeth Acevedo
        41 read