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Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963) is a New York Times-bestselling author of numerous books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction and Coretta Scott King Award winner who writes about African-American culture. In addition to her work as an author, Andrea has had an illustrious career as a children's book publisher and editor, including as founder of the "first African American children's book imprint at a major publishing company": Jump at the Sun at Hyperion Books for Children, the Disney Book Group (now Disney Publishing Worldwide). She is also vice president and editor-at-large for Scholastic Trade Books.

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Her books have won the Coretta Scott King Award and been a Coretta Scott King Honor book,[1] have been ALA Notable Books five times,[2] School Library Journal best books three times,[3] New York Times Editor's Choice and Notable books, and more.

Andrea is a graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and is a former member of the Newhouse School's Board of Trustees. She lives in New York City with her husband, award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, and their two children.


Biography


Andrea Davis was born September 25, 1963, in Washington D.C. and was raised in Connecticut. Her parents were involved in the civil rights movement and exposed Andrea to the cause from early on, even taking her to the annual conference of the National Urban League during many of her summer vacations.[citation needed]

Pinkney graduated from Syracuse University in 1985 with a degree in journalism and began working as an editor at Mechanix Illustrated. She then went on to work as a senior editor at Essence, as well as an editor for the book publishers Simon & Schuster and Scholastic.[citation needed]

While working at one of these early editing jobs, Andrea met Brian Pinkney, a Caldecott Honor-winning children's book illustrator, whom she later married. The two have collaborated on a number of books, including Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down, Duke Ellington, Seven Candles for Kwanzaa, and Dear Benjamin Banneker.[citation needed]

She was chosen to deliver the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture at the University of Minnesota Libraries, Children's Literature Research Collections, Saturday, May 3, 2014, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT). She was cited in January 2013 for "significant contributions to literature for young people provided through a body of work that brings a deeper understanding of African American heritage".

She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.[4]


Selected bibliography


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Honors and awards



References


  1. "Coretta Scott King Book Awards | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. Admin (November 30, 1999). "Past NCB Lists". Association for Library Service to Children (Alsc). Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. "Reviews+". School Library Journal. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  4. "Andrea Davis Pinkney | Scholastic.com". Archived from the original on December 6, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  5. Davis Pinkney, Andrea. "All Books". Andrea Davis Pinkney. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  6. "Search: Andrea Davis Pinkney". Google Books.
  7. "Andrea Davis Pinkney, Bryan Collier win 2013 Coretta Scott King Book Awards". ALA. January 28, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  8. "Arents Award Past Recipients". Syracuse University Alumni Association. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. "AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST FAITH RINGGOLD AND AUTHOR ANDREA PINKNEY RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AT CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY RECEPTION AT MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE". City University of New York. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.





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