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About Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney (born September 25, 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, have been ALA Notable Books five times, School Library Journal best books three times, 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.

Andrea Davis Pinkney writes about African Americans, Children's fiction, Fiction, African americans, fiction, United States, and Juvenile literature. Their best-known work is Silent Thunder.

On FindMyTBR we track 11 books by Andrea Davis Pinkney, 11 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Poem for Peter : The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day, And She Was Loved, and Because of You, John Lewis. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.