Andrea Davis Pinkney Explained

Birth Date: September 25, 1963
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., United States
Alma Mater:Syracuse University
Occupation:Writer of children's books
Awards:Coretta Scott King Award

Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963) is an author of numerous books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction; she writes about African-American culture. In addition to her work as an author, Pinkney has had a career as a children's book publisher and editor, including as founder of the Jump at the Sun imprint at Hyperion Books for Children, the Disney Book Group (now Disney Publishing Worldwide). She is vice president and editor-at-large for Scholastic Trade Books.

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.

Pinkney 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 her to the cause from early on, even taking her to the annual conference of the National Urban League during many of her summer vacations.

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.

While working at one of these early editing jobs, she 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.

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]

Honors and awards

Selected bibliography

Picture books

Narrative nonfiction

Chapter book series

Middle grade novels

Young adult

Baby books

Anthologies

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coretta Scott King Book Awards Awards & Grants . www.ala.org . March 29, 2019.
  2. News: Past NCB Lists . Association for Library Service to Children (Alsc) . November 30, 1999 . March 29, 2019. Admin .
  3. Web site: Reviews+ . School Library Journal . March 29, 2019.
  4. Web site: Andrea Davis Pinkney Scholastic.com . April 10, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206035208/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2861 . December 6, 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: Carter G. Woodson Book Award and Honor Winners . January 3, 2019 . National Council for the Social Studies.
  6. Web site: January 28, 2013 . Andrea Davis Pinkney, Bryan Collier win 2013 Coretta Scott King Book Awards . September 30, 2014 . ALA.
  7. Web site: Arents Award Past Recipients . March 29, 2019 . Syracuse University Alumni Association.
  8. Web site: AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST FAITH RINGGOLD AND AUTHOR ANDREA PINKNEY RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AT CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY RECEPTION AT MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329175621/http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2013/05/15/author-and-activist-faith-rinngold-and-author-andrea-pinkney-receive-lifetime-achievement-awards-at-celebration-of-diversity-reception-at-medgar-evers-college-4/ . March 29, 2019 . March 29, 2019 . City University of New York.
  9. Web site: Davis Pinkney . Andrea . All Books . Andrea Davis Pinkney . March 29, 2019 . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329161254/https://andreadavispinkney.com/books/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Search: Andrea Davis Pinkney . Google Books.

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