Sean Qualls has created art for magazines, newspapers, advertisements and children's books. His work has been shown in galleries in New York and across the country. Clients include Scholastic, Pepsi-Cola, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, The Hartford Courant and Henry Holt. Sean draws inspiration from an array of influences such as movies, television, childhood memories, aging and decaying surfaces, old buildings, architecture, nature, folk art, fairy tales, americana, black memorabilia, outsider art, cave paintings, collectibles, african art, golden books, vintage advertisements, psychology, mythology,science fiction, music, and literature. His work is a mixed media combination of painting, drawing, and collage. Sean is the illustrator of THE BABY ON THE WAY (FSG), POWERFUL WORDS(Scholastic), POET SLAVE OF CUBA (HENRY HOLT), HOW WE ARE SMART (Lee & Low) and DIZZY (Scholastic) all available at Amazon.com or BN.com. He lives with his wife Selina Alko and their son in Brooklyn.

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clients:
Hartford Courant , Pennsylvania Gazette , Simon & Schuster , Pepsi-Cola, Function Design , Henry Holt , Las Vegas Life, Harvard Business Review , Scholastic , Tower Records , GreatLife Magazine , Farrar, Straus, & Giroux , Ladies' Home Journal , Starbuck's , The Wall Street Journal

honors:
Society of Illustrators New York & Los Angeles

American Illustration

Silver Medal - Parent's Choice Award

Gold Medal - American Society of Healthcare Publications (ASHPE) Best Cover

Christopher Award

BCCB Blue Ribbon

Kirkus Best Book of 2006

YALSA (Young Adult Library Service Association)
2007 Best Books for Young Adults

Horn Book Magazine Fanfare

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Booklist Editors' Choices

ALA (American Library Association) 2007
Notable Children's Book