The Booking Biz expanded its family of amazing author and illustrator clients this month, welcoming Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford and David Wiesner.
Carole Boston Weatherford is a New York Times best-selling author and one of the leading poets for young readers. Her books have won numerous awards, including the NAACP Image Award for GORDON PARKS: HOW THE PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURED BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA and MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM, the Caldecott Medal for FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE, the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award for VOICE OF FREEDOM: FANNIE LOU HAMER, SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, among others.
She holds an MFA in publication design from the University of Baltimore and an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Carole Boston Weatherford often presents with her son, artist and spoken word poet Jeffery Boston Weatherford. The two collaborated on the middle-grade/YA verse novel YOU CAN FLY: THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN, which was named a best book of the year by the National Council of Teachers of English, the Association for Library Service to Children, the New York Public Library, and others.
Jeffery holds an MFA from Howard University, where he was a Romare Bearden Scholar, and has designed, illustrated and published several children’s books, including AFRICA, A BAT CAVE: AN ABECEDARIAN BEDTIME CHRONICLE. He is the founder of the global hip hop collective Triiibe Worldwide, and has presented and exhibited his artwork in the U.S. and beyond.
Author/illustrator David Wiesner started his career when he was inspired by his varied surroundings as a child. He grew up in a New Jersey suburb bordered by a swamp, a cemetery and a landfill, which all seemed like exotic lands that fed his imagination. As he got older, books and art continued to feed his imagination, creating a love of detail.
Those early beginnings led to David winning the Caldecott Medal three times, in 1992 for his picture book TUESDAY, in 2002 for his picture book THE THREE PIGS, and in 2006 for his picture book FLOTSAM. Three of his other books, SECTOR 7, FREE FALL, and MR. WUFFLES!, are Caldecott Honor books, and those are just a few of the awards David has been given.
To have Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford or David Wiesner speak at your school or event, contact us.