Bird in a Box
Andrea Pinkney is the author of many award-winning books for children. Many were collaborations with her husband, illustrator Brian Pinkney. She is also an editor at Scholastic. They live inBrooklynwith their two children.Sean Qualls is the illustrator of a number of celebrated books for children, includingBefore John Was a Jazz Giantby Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, andDizzyby Jonah Winter, an ALA Notable Book, a Kirkus Best Book, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.  He has also illustratedLittle CloudandLady Windby Toni Morrison and her son Slade andGiant Stepsto Change The Worldby Spike and Tonya Lee, which will be published in January 2011. Sean lives with his wife, illustrator Selina Alko, and their two children in Brooklyn, NY.