Shutta Crum

Shutta Crum is an award-winning poet and children's book writer who has won seven Royal Palm Literary Awards. She is also a Pushcart Prize nominee and a frequent speaker at conferences, libraries, and schools. Her poems for adults have appeared in Orchards Poetry Journal and many other literary journals. She has written thirteen picture books and three novels for young readers, published by houses including Alfred A. Knopf and Albert Whitman. Her collection Meet Me Out There was published by Kelsay Books in 2023.