Elizabeth Raum

Elizabeth Raum has been a teacher, an elementary school and college librarian, and is currently a full-time writer. She has written more than 160 books for young readers and two books for adults. Her most recent book, Lights & Sirens, is a contemporary YA novel for readers ages 12-18. Boy With a Fife: Ebenezer Fletcher's War of Independence for readers 10-14 celebrates America 250. Her 2024 middle-grade novel, A Kidnapping in Kentucky, 1776, is about the kidnapping of Daniel Boone's 13-year-old daughter, Jemima. Several of her books have been Junior Library Guild choices, including the middle-grade novel, Storm Warning, which was a Gold Standard Selection. The Big, Bold, Adventurous Life of Lavinia Warren was selected as a Best Social Studies Book by the Children’s Book Council. Her interactive Bible series, Choose Your Journey, introduces readers to life in the first century. Raum lives in Greeneville, Tennessee.