Stacy Innerst is a celebrated children’s book artist and painter. His picture books have received a host of starred reviews and have been honored with the 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) and the SCBWI Golden Kite for Picture Book Illustration (The Music in George’s Head.)

His books have been named “Best Books of the Year” by School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and have been included on such prestigious lists as the ALA Notable, Bank Street Best Books, New York Public Library’s “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing” and Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best.”

Since 2003 his illustrations have regularly been selected for inclusion in the Original Art show at the NY Society of Illustrators and for the American Illustration Annual juried show.

His latest releases include picture books about birds, painters, presidents, composers and heroic children.

Originally from Los Angeles, he grew up in the high desert of New Mexico and now makes his home and studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania.