Stacy Innerst is a Pittsburgh-based artist, illustrator and arts educator. He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in New Mexico. Stacy is a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators. His picture book illustrations have earned a host of starred reviews and wards, including the Sydney Taylor Award (The Book Rescuer), the NYT Best Illustrated (Ruth Bader Ginsberg), the SCBWI Golden Kite Award (The Music in George’s Head), the BCCB Blue Ribbon, several Parents’ Choice Gold Medals, and recognition by the NY Society of Illustrators, the Smithsonian, and the American Library Association, among others. M is for Music was named a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Stacy’s paintings and prints have been exhibited widely in New York, California and throughout the U.S. and abroad.