Sean Qualls illustrated the widely acclaimed biographies The Poet Slave of Cuba and Dizzy. Sean has also 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. He lives in Brooklyn, where you can also find him DJing on occasion.