Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling author of FAMILY LORE, her first novel for adults, and 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 loves.

Books by Elizabeth Acevedo

Family Lore

by Elizabeth Acevedo - Fiction, Women's Fiction

From the bestselling, National Book Award–winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, the story of one Dominican-American family told through the voices of its women as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives.