It was Brian’s work that inspired Andrea to switch from magazines to book editing, and eventually to begin writing her own books for children. While working at one of these early editing jobs, Andrea met Brian Pinkney, a Caldecott Honor-winning children’s book illustrator and the man who would become her husband. She then went on to work as a senior editor at Essence, as well as an editor for the book publishers Simon & Schuster and Scholastic She graduated from Syracuse University in 1985 with a degree in journalism and began working as an editor at Mechanix Illustrated. Her original goal was to work as a writer for magazines. Pinkney did not originally plan to be an author of children’s books. These early influences inspired Andrea to become a writer. Her parents were also very involved in the civil rights movement and exposed Andrea to the cause from early on, even taking her to the annual conference of the National Urban League during many of her summer vacations. Her father was a great storyteller and her mother worked as a teacher so they bestowed in their daughter a love of books and learning at a very young age. Andrea Davis was born Septemin Washington D.C.
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