Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney (born September 25, 1963) is an American 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.

The books she has authored have won the Coretta Scott King Award and Coretta Scott King Honor Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Medal, the Carter G. Woodson Award, the Children's Africana Book Award, and others.