Sean Qualls is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based, children's book illustrator, artist, and author. Qualls' books and illustrations often explore history and non-fiction subjects. His fine art focuses on race & identity and the intersection of history & mythology, ultimately examining how we create our own identities or allow them to be scripted for us. Together, his paintings and illustrations reveal simultaneously unique and universal moments of the human spirit. Qualls has illustrated Emmanuel's Dream (Schneider Award recipient) written by Laurie Ann Thompson, Giant Steps to Change the World written by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and Before John Was a Jazz Giant (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor) written by Carole Boston Weatherford, among many others. Qualls lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Check out Sean Quall's Instagram and personal website.