Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a
Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He is also a National
Book Award Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a
recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his
critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester has distinguished
himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio
talk-show host, and professor. For thirty-two years he taught at
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in western
Massachusetts.
Jerry Pinkney is one of America's most admired children's book
illustrators. He has won the Caldecott Medal and five Caldecott
Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five New York Times
Ten Best Illustrated Awards, the Society of Illustrators' Original
Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and
honors. Recently a member of the National Council of the Arts and
inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has
also served on the U.S. Postal Service Citizens Stamp Advisory
Committee. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums
throughout the country, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Schomburg Center, and the Norman
Rockwell Museum. Jerry Pinkney lives with his wife, author Gloria
Jean Pinkney, in Westchester County, New York.
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