Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of many acclaimed picture books
and young adult novels. She received a Coretta Scott King Author
Honor Award for Let It Shine. Her collaborations with her husband,
Brian Pinkney, include Peggony-Po; Sleeping Cutie; Ella Fitzgerald:
The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa; Dear Benjamin Banneker; and the
Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book Duke
Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra. She is a children's
book editor at a major publishing company. She lives with her
family in Brooklyn, New York.
Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children,
including two Caldecott Honor books, The Faithful Friend, by Robert
D. San Souci, and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His
Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Mr. Pinkney's own books include
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!; Time for Kenny; Max Found Two Sticks;
JoJo's Flying Side Kick; and The Adventures of Sparrowboy, winner
of the 1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Brian Pinkney has
received the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and three
Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. He lives with his family in
Brooklyn, New York.
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