Elizabeth Acevedo
New York Times Bestselling Author, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Elizabeth Acevedo is listed as New York Times Bestselling Author, HarperCollins Children’s Books. Elizabeth is scheduled to speak at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 21 November 2026.
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About
Elizabeth Acevedo is 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 , 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 , a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus Prize 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 and CantoMundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam champion and resides in Washington, DC, with her family.
Upcoming
2026 NCTE Annual Convention 19 November 2026 – 22 November 2026
- ALAN Breakfast and Literary Session Speaker · 21 November 2026
- Stories and Pedagogies of Black Creators That Ignite the Radical Imaginations of Young People Speaker · 21 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Elizabeth at events on B2DB.
- Ainissa Ramirez MIT Kids Press/Candlewick Press 1 shared session
- Autumn Allen Penguin Random House 1 shared session
- Cheryl Hudson Just Us Books 1 shared session
- Chrystal D. Giles Random House Children’s Books 1 shared session
- Dawnavyn James Stockton University 1 shared session
- Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Random House Children's Books 1 shared session
- Jumata Emill Random House Children's Books 1 shared session
- K. Ancrum HarperCollins Children’s Books 1 shared session
- Mahogany L. Browne Random House Children's Books 1 shared session
- Nikkolas Smith Scholastic 1 shared session
- Sonja Cherry-Paul Founder · Red Clay Educators 1 shared session
- Wade Hudson Penguin Random House 1 shared session