| Occupation | Writer and Teacher |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle |
| Introduction | Poet Julie Larios teaches on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in their MFA-Writing for Children program. She has published four books of poetry for children: On the Stairs (illustrated by Mary Cornish, published by Front Street), Have You Ever Done That? (illustrated by Anne Hunter, published by Front Street), Yellow Elephant (named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book) and Imaginary Menagerie (these last two illustrated by Julie Paschkis and published by Harcourt.) She is the winner of a Pushcart Prize and has been included twice in the annual Best American Poetry series for her poetry for adults, and was granted a fellowship by the Washington State Arts Commission/Artist Trust. Composer Dag Gabrielson commissioned her pocket-opera libretto which was the performed by members of the New York City Opera for their 2011 Vox Series. Recent poems for children have appeared in several anthologies. |
