Biography of pat cummings author


Biography of pat cummings author

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    Pat Cummings (illustrator)

    American writer and illustrator (born 1950)

    Pat Cummings

    Born (1950-11-09) November 9, 1950 (age 74)

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

    EducationPratt Institute
    Known forChildren's books illustrator
    AwardsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
    Coretta Scott King Award (1984)
    Horn Book-Boston Globe Award

    Patricia Marie Cummings (born November 9, 1950) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

    Early life

    Cummings' father was in the Army, and her family lived in different locations from Europe to Asia when she was growing up. She remembered "My brother and sisters and I were always the 'new kids', but I found that art helped me to get to know my classmates."[1] Growing up, her parents would read them stories about fairytales, which fueled her imagination as she explored castles on the Rhine River and villages in Okinawa.[1]

    She attended Pratt Institute in New