by Kasie Griffitts | Jul 28, 2019 | Media
Elizabeth shares her summer reading recommendations with the Today Show! Watch and see what books she recommends, from beach reads to family favorites:
by Kasie Griffitts | Jun 22, 2019 | Awards, News, Updates
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 Medal is awarded...
by Liz | Apr 9, 2019 | News, Updates
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...
by Liz | Apr 2, 2019 | Awards
The Poet X continues has done it again. The book has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult Literature. The 31st Annual Lammys will take place on June 3, 2019. The celebration continues with a New York City Book Award win!!...
by Liz | Mar 18, 2019 | Awards, News
The Poet X has won the Pura Belpré award, presented annually to a Latinx writer whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latinx cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth; the Michael L. Printz award for excellence in...
