Ashley Bryan

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American children's writer and illustrator

United States WritersLived 1923 to 2022 · aged 98

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Ashley Frederick Bryan was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he won the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009.

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2011Regina Medal

2009Children's Literature Legacy Award

1981Coretta Scott King Award

Fulbright Scholarship

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Carson GrantAlso in The Hollow Tree (2008)Eve BuntingAlso won Regina Medal

Kadir NelsonAlso won Coretta Scott King Award Laurence YepAlso won Children's Literature Legacy Award

Augusta Braxton BakerAlso won Regina Medal

Ruth SawyerAlso won Children's Literature Legacy Award

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Ashley Frederick Bryan was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he won the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009. His picture book Freedom Over Me was short-listed for the 2016 Kirkus Prize and received a Newbery Honor.

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