Born in Canada, Zetta Elliott moved to Brooklyn in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies, and her plays have been staged in New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Her essays have appeared in Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and The Huffington Post. Her first picture book, BIRD, won the Honor Award in Lee & Low Books' New Voices Contest; it was named Best of 2008 by Kirkus Reviews, a 2009 ALA Notable Children's Book, and BIRD won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. Elliott's first young adult novel, A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT, has been called "gripping," "a revelation...vivid, violent and impressive history." SHIP OF SOULS was published in February 2012; it was included in Booklist's Top Ten Sci-fi/Fantasy Titles for Youth and was a finalist for the 2013 Phillis Wheatley Award. Her latest novel, THE DOOR AT THE CROSSROADS, was released in April 2016. She has published several illustrated books under her own imprint, Rosetta Press; 3 of those titles have been named Best Children's Books of the Year by the Bank Street Center for Children's Literature. She currently lives in Brooklyn. Learn more at: http://www.zettaelliott.com/