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Ashley Bryan
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Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009. His picture book ''Freedom Over Me'' was short-listed for the 2016 Kirkus Prize and received a Newbery Honor.