Elisa Boxer

Elisa Boxer is the author of the picture book Covered in Color as well as an Emmy Award–winning journalist and columnist. She has reported for newspapers, magazines, and TV stations, and has a passion for telling stories about people finding the courage to create change. Boxer lives with her family in Maine.

Elisa Boxer's Titles

Words of Welcome How Emma Lazarus Gave Lady Liberty a Voice (A Picture Book Biography)

Words of Welcome

From an award-winning picture book team, Words of Welcome is the story of poet and advocate Emma Lazarus, who wrote the famous poem engraved...


Unexpected Undercover Forty Fearless Female Spies

Unexpected Undercover

James Bond, step aside! Sydney Taylor Honor–winning author and Emmy-winning journalist Elisa Boxer presents the stories of brave women spies...


Hidden Hope How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

Hidden Hope

The award-winning, remarkable true story of how a toy duck was used to smuggle forged identity papers for Jewish refugees during World War II,...


Covered in Color Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Fabrics of Freedom

Covered in Color

Covered in Color is a vibrantly illustrated picture book biography about visionary artist Christo, encouraging creativity, perseverance, and...