Brian Pinkney (b. August 28, 1961) is an American illustrator of children’s books.
He was born in Boston into a creative family — his father, Jerry Pinkney, was a celebrated illustrator, and his mother, Gloria Jean, was an author, milliner, and silversmith. Both parents kept studios at home, and Brian grew up surrounded by art materials and encouragement to create.
He earned a BFA in 1983 from the Philadelphia College of Art, worked for several years as a freelance illustrator, and later returned to school for an MFA in illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York, graduating in 1990.
Pinkney lives in Brooklyn with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney. The two often collaborate on books, and together have produced more than seventy titles for children.
Awards and recognition: Pinkney has received two Caldecott Honors, four Coretta Scott King Honors, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award.
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This book tells the story of how Duke Ellington grew from a boy who wasn’t sure he even liked piano into one of the most important figures in jazz. Andrea Davis Pinkney writes in a voice that has rhythm and swing, almost like the music itself, while Brian Pinkney’s pictures […]
