George Ella Lyon writes in multiple genres for readers of all ages. She has published five poetry collections, a novel and memoir for adults, novels and poetry for young people, and thirty-one picture books. Among her honors are the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Golden Kite Award, ALA's Schneider Family Book Award, the Aesop Award, Cybils Award for Poetry, New York Times Best Books for Teens, Best Books for Babies, and she was a finalist for the Printz Award. Her poem "Where I'm From" has gone around the world as a writing model. She has served as Kentucky Poet Laureate (2015-2016) and was recently inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.
Her books include Voices of Justice: Poems About People Working for a Better World (Holt, 2020), Back to the Light: Poems (Univ. Press of Kentucky 2021), and Time to Fly (Atheneum 2022).
