Georgia Heard
Georgia Heard is the author of 20 books including her newest
Welcome to the Wonder House (co-authored with Rebecca Kai Dotlich
), a collection of two-voiced poems
Boom! Bellow! Bleat!: Animal Poems for Two Or More Voices and
Creatures of Earth and Sky, among others
. Georgia is the NCTE 2023 Excellence in Poetry for Children Award Winner. She received her MFA in poetry from Columbia University and is a founding member of the Columbia University’s Teacher College Reading and Writing Project and the author of numerous professional books including
Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School which was cited by
Instructor Magazine as one of the “10 Books Every Teacher Should Read,” and
Heart Maps: Helping Students Create and Craft Authentic Student Writing about which she was invited to give a TEDX talk:
Mapping Your Heart: https://bit.ly/3MF6HEe. She is also the co-author of
A Field Guide to the Heart: Poems of Love, Comfort & Hope written during the pandemic.
Georgia lives in Singer Island, Florida with her family. Visit her website at georgiaheard.com. Twitter and IG: @georgiaheard1