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Andrea Davis Pinkneyis theNew York Timesbest-selling author of several books for young readers, including the novelBird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club for Kids pick, andHand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Additional works include theCaldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor bookDuke Ellington,illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney; andLet It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters,a Coretta Scott King Honor book and winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City.BRIAN PINKNEYis a celebrated picture-book illustrator who has won two Caldecott Honors. His many professional tributes also include the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors. He has collaborated with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, on several picture books includingDuke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His OrchestraandSleeping Cutie. The Pinkneys live in Brooklyn, New York.