Category Archives: Updates

My people, my people,

Apr 16 2020 | Posted by Liz

I hope you are safe and healthy during this wild-ass, uncertain time. Like many authors, I’m sad that I won’t be going on tour as planned. I love meeting new readers, seeing folks who have been following me for year, hearing … Continue reading →

News, Updates

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Cover Reveal for Clap When You Land!

Oct 08 2019 | Posted by Kasie Griffitts

Click the cover photo above to read the full story by Maria G. Valdez in POPSUGAR Latina.

Media, News, Updates

Clap When You Land, Dominican, Latina, Latinx, Teen, YA, YA Fiction, Young Adult Comments Off

Picturestart Acquires With the Fire on High!

Aug 06 2019 | Posted by Kasie Griffitts

Emoni Santiago is heading to the big screen! Picturestart has acquired the rights to Elizabeth Acevedo’s second novel with Erik Feig & Lucy Kitada set to produce. Acevedo will adapt her novel for the screen and is “delighted to be … Continue reading →

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Cooking, Dominican, Latin X, Latina, Movie, PIcturestart, Teen, YA, YA Fiction, Young Adult Comments Off

The Poet X wins the Carnegie Medal!

Jun 22 2019 | Posted by Kasie Griffitts

The Carnegie Medal Awards announced on Tuesday, June 19th that Elizabeth Acevedo has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal for The Poet X. Elizabeth is the first writer of color to win this prestigious UK award in it’s 83-year history. The Carnegie … Continue reading →

Awards, News, Updates

ALA, Dominican, Latin X, Latina, Novels-in-Verse, Poet X, Poetry, Slam Poetry, Teen, Verse Novels, YA, YA Fiction, Young Adult Comments Off

Sneak Peek of WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH on Bustle

Apr 09 2019 | Posted by Liz

Can’t get enough news on With the Fire on High? Bustle has just announced tour dates alongside an excerpt from the National Book Award Winner’s highly anticipated second novel. You can read the excerpt and pre-order your copy of With the Fire on High here!