American author Andrea Davis Pinkney writes books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, historical fiction and nonfiction, often about African-American culture. Her titles include Because of You, John Lewis, Sit-in, Martin Rising: Requiem for a King, and the coming-of-age novel The Red Pencil. Her books have won the Coretta Scott King Award, and she has also worked as a children's book editor, founding the Jump at the Sun imprint at Hyperion Books for Children. She is vice president and editor-at-large at Scholastic Trade Books and lives in New York City.
