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Zetta Elliott is a Black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. She was born and raised in Canada, but has lived in the US for over 25 years. She earned her PhD in American Studies from NYU in 2003 where she then went on to teach at 6 different universities and colleges. Her poetry has been published in multiple publications and her novella, Plastique, was excerpted in T Dot Griots: an Anthology of Toronto’s Black Storytellers. Her plays have been staged in 3 different states and her essays have appeared in School Library Journal, The Huffington Post, and Publishers Weekly. Her picture book, Bird, won an honor award and her young adult novel, A Wish After Midnight, has been called “a revelation…vivid, violent and impressive history.” She received the Children’s Literature Association’s Article Award for her 2014 essay, “The Trouble with Magic: Conjuring the Past in New York City Parks.” She is an advocate for greater diversity and equity in publishing, and has self-published numerous illustrated books for younger readers under her own imprint, Rosetta Press. Dragons in a Bag, a middle grade fantasy novel, was published by Random House in 2018; the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) named it a Notable Children’s Book. Its sequel, The Dragon Thief, was named a Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 by CBC Books. With all of these amazing accomplishments, she now currently lives in Evanston, IL.

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