Colby Cedar SmithColby Cedar Smith is an award-winning poet, novelist, and educator, and the author of two novels in verse: The Siren and the Star and Call Me Athena. Her work often focuses on the untold stories of women throughout history and has been recognized with a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection, an ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project selection, a Goodreads Choice Award Best Poetry nomination, a Nautilus Award, a Michigan Notable Book selection, a Midwest Book Award, and a New Jersey Council on the Arts Fellowship. Her poems and narratives have been featured by Forbes, Poetry, and NPR. She holds a BA from Colorado College and an EdM from Harvard University. You can find her on Instagram @Colby_Cedar_Smith. Read More Read Less