Andrea Davis Pinkney is vice president and executive editor at Scholastic. She is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, such as A Poem for Peter, illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson, and The Red Pencil, illustrated by Shane W. Evans. She is a four-time NAACP Image Award nominee and a recipient of the Regina Medal, the Arbuthnot Honor Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Awards. She is also the host of KidLit TV's "The Big Picture Live."