A visual artist, musician, and psychotherapist, Gary Golio is the author of Everywhere Beauty is Harlem, recipient of a 2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor; the New York Times- bestselling JIMI: Sounds Like A Rainbow, which also received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor; The Soldier’s Friend: Walt Whitman’s Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War; When Bob Met Woody: The Story of the Young Bob Dylan; Spirit Seeker: The Musical Journey of John Coltrane; Bird & Diz; Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song; and Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge. These books show artists as models of persistence and commitment, and imagination.
Visit Gary online at www.garygolio.com.
