Sean Qualls

Sean Qualls is a Brooklyn-based artist, illustrator, and author. He is the author and illustrator of Fros, Fades, and Braids and has illustrated many picture books, including Before John Was a Jazz Giant, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor; The Poet Slave of Cuba, a Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon winner; Dizzy, an ALA Booklist Notable Book and a Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Child magazine best book as well as a Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon book and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; and Emmanuel’s Dream, a Schneider Award winner and an Amazon Best Book of the Month.

Sean Qualls

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