Elizabeth Encarnacion is an author and book editor who specializes in books for kids and teens. She has written many books for children and adults, including Cat’s Cradle & Other Fabulous String Figures, The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook, The Girls’ Guide to Campfire Activities, 3-D Doodle Book & Kit, Fabulous Fun Foam Book & Kit, and a novelization of the classic TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. She also wrote the four-book Buildings at Work series and four titles in the My Little Chalkboard series.

Elizabeth started her publishing career as an editorial assistant at Simon & Schuster, where she moved up the ranks before moving to Philadelphia to launch the Running Press Kids imprint. While at RP Kids, she edited Christopher Wormell’s Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book, and worked on the innovative teen book-online hybrid Cathy’s Book.

In 2006, she co-founded FlirtyGirl Productions, a book studio that specializes in creating cutting-edge, immersive teen entertainment. The Bradford Novels, a series of teen novels with extensive online content, was conceived and developed by Elizabeth for FlirtyGirl and was published by Simon Pulse. She is also the Communications Director and serves on the Board of Directors for Spells Writing Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to getting kids excited about writing.