Elizabeth A. Poe

Elizabeth A. Poe is a retired professor of children's and young adult literature who holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has also taught at the preschool, middle school, and high school levels. For the past ten years, she has organized Readers Theatre performances with authors at professional conferences across the US and around the world. She is a member of the 2014 Newbery Committee and has served on the Caldecott Committee and chaired the USBBY Outstanding International Books Committee, the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, and the IRA Young Adult Choices project. She served as president of ALAN, editor of the Journal of Children's Literature and The SIGNAL Journal, and book review column editor for The ALAN Review. A frequent speaker at professional conferences, she has published numerous journal articles and book chapters. Her other books are Focus on Sexuality: A Reference Handbook, Focus on Relationships: A Reference Handbook, and Presenting Barbara Wersba.