Barbara Egel

Barbara Egel lives in Chicago, IL. Her work has appeared in Lavender Review and Northeast Corridor, among others, and she has written dozens of licensed children’s books (ask her about writing for Elmo). She has reviewed poetry and literary biographies for Booklist and was in-house poetry reviewer for Light Poetry Magazine from 2016-2023. She teaches at Northwestern University where she is the co-director of the program in Design Thinking and Communication. (Updated 04/2026)