“Read all the pedants’ screeds and strictures; But don’t believe in anything that can’t be told in coloured pictures.”
Photo by Michael Santiago
Stacy Innerst is a celebrated children’s book artist, painter and educator. His books have received a host of starred reviews and have been honored with the 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award (for The Book Rescuer), the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award (Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of RBG Vs. Inequality), the SCBWI Golden Kite for Picture Book Illustration (The Music in George’s Head) as well as several Gold Medals from the Parents’ Choice Awards. His books have been named “Best Books of the Year” by School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Ruth Bader Ginsberg: The Case of RBG Vs. Inequality, written by Jonah Winter (Abrams) was named an ALA Notable Book and was included on the ILA Teachers Choice Reading List. Since 2003 his illustrations have regularly been selected for the Original Art show at the Society of Illustrators. His latest releases include picture books about birds, painters, presidents and composers.
Originally from Los Angeles, he grew up in the high desert of New Mexico and now makes his home and studio in Pittsburgh.
