Eliot Schrefer

ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times-bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, received the Stonewall Honor for best LGBTQIA+ teen book, and received the Printz Honor for best young adult book from the ALA. In naming him an Editor’s Choice, the New York Times has called his work “dazzling… big-hearted.” His science writing has appeared in Discover, Sierra, USAToday, Nautilus, and The Washington Post Magazine. He has an M.A. in Animal Studies from NYU, is on the faculty of the USF MFA in writing for young people, and lives with his husband in New York City.

• Children's literature
• Evolutionary biology
• Long-form journalism

• Picture books
• Middle-grade literature
• Young-adult literature
• Adult literature
• Speculative fiction

• NYU, MA in Animal Studies, 2023
• Harvard College, AB in Literature, 2001

• Adjunct Professor of Writing, Hamline University (2017-2026)
• Adjunct Professor of Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University (2014-2021)

• National Book Award Finalist, 2012 & 2014
• Printz Honor, 2023
• Stonewall Honor, 2021
• Green Earth Book Award, 2012

• Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)
• The Darkness Outside Us
• Endangered
• Lulu and the Others
• Glamorous Disasters