Keith Henry Brown got his start drawing superheroes, but music has always been his true inspiration. He has worked as a designer/illustrator for high profile music-related projects, including creating posters for Jazz Appreciation Month and The Newport Jazz Festival, and creating jazz album covers for artists such as Christian McBride, Kevin Eubanks, and Wynton Marsalis. Keith’s first children’s book, Birth of The Cool: How Miles Davis Found His Sound, was published by Page Street Books in 2019 and received a Starred Review from Kirkus. In 2022, Keith illustrated Because Of You, John Lewis written By Andrea Davis Pinkney (Scholastic) which also received starred reviews and appearances on many book lists Including Bank Street, Junior Library Guild and Amazon Best Book of The Month. Keith’s first book as co-author (with National Book Award Winner Kathryn Erksine), My Dad’s A DJ (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux) was published May of this year. Keith is father to two magnificent boys (whom he affectionately calls his “two knuckleheads”) and lives and works in Brooklyn, surrounded by his favorite Spider-man, Batman and Black Panther action figures.
