Elizabeth Acevedo
Washington D.C.
Dominican-American slam poet, became the first woman of color to win the Carnegie Medal children’s book award for her novel Poet X, which also won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Dominican-American slam poet, became the first woman of color to win the Carnegie Medal children’s book award for her novel Poet X, which also won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.