Afternoon Keynote: Elizabeth Acevedo

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Friday, June 28, 2019 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM EDT
Oakmont Ballroom

Elizabeth Acevedo is the 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, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. She is a National Poetry Slam champion and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland. She lives with her partner in Washington, D.C.

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