Elizabeth Acevedo is a renowned American poet and author. In September 2022, the Poetry Foundation named her the year's Young People's Poet Laureate.
Acevedo is celebrated for her young adult novels which include The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. The Poet X became a New York Times Bestseller, and it also won the National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. Additionally, she received the 2019 Michael L. Printz Award, the 2018 Pura Belpre Award, and the Boston-Globe Hornbook Award Prize for Best Children's Fiction of 2018.
Beyond her novels, Acevedo has a background in performing arts and lives in Washington, DC.