# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-pinkney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:23:20.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-pinkney"
name: "Jerry Pinkney"
slug: "jerry-pinkney"
description: "Jerry Pinkney was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors."
tagline: "American writer and children's book illustrator (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Pinkney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-12-22"
deathDate: "2021-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             10.71596526995252
  historical:           9.498022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com/frameset.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيري بينكني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيرى بينكنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جری پینکلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EB%A6%AC_%ED%95%91%ED%81%AC%EB%8B%88"
    title: "제리 핑크니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney"
    title: "Jerry Pinkney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eba420f0-1a77-434b-96d0-f4f2711803fc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6184250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump