Illustration: Stacy Innerst

Stacy Innerst is a celebrated children’s book artist and painter. Originally from Los Angeles, he grew up in the high desert of New Mexico and now makes his home and studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania. Since 2003 his illustrations have regularly been selected for inclusion in the Original Art show at the NY Society of Illustrators and for the American Illustration Annual juried show.

His picture books have received a host of starred reviews and awarded with many honors such as the Sydney Taylor Book Award (The Book Rescuer, by Sue Macy, about Amherst’s National Yiddish Book Center), and Tablet’s Magazines Best Jewish Books of 2025 (What Louis Brandeis Knows, by gallery owner Richard Michelson)

His books have been named “Best Books of the Year” by School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and have been included on such prestigious lists as the ALA Notable, Bank Street Best Books, New York Public Library’s “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing” and Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best.”