Andrea Davis Pinkney, author portrait
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Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the distinguished and bestselling author of many books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, and non-fiction. Her books have received multiple Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Jane Addams Honor citations, nominations for the NAACP Image Awards, the Boston Globe/Horn book Honor medal, and many other accolades. In recognition of her significant contributions to literature for young people through her body of work, she was selected to deliver the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture.
 
Ms. Pinkney lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and frequent collaborator, Brian Pinkney, and their two children.

She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella persistió: Harriet Tubman
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
She Persisted: Harriet Tubman
A Poem for Peter
Bird in a Box

Author Andrea Davis Pinkney on her career before writing, and writing process | Author Shorts

Books

She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella persistió: Harriet Tubman
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
She Persisted: Harriet Tubman
A Poem for Peter
Bird in a Box

Media

Author Andrea Davis Pinkney on her career before writing, and writing process | Author Shorts

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