Author. He is recognized as an African-American author who was the son of Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Toni Morrison. Besides being an author, he was known as an artist and musician. His parents had divorced before his birth. Born in Ohio, he lived most of his life in New York City, where he attended the United Nation's School and State University of New York at Purchase, studying art. He had an art studio in Rockland County on the west side of the Hudson River. He co-authored with his mother children's books, which include "The Big Box" in 1999, "The Book of Mean People" in 2002, "Peeny Butter Fudge" in 2009, "Little Cloud and Lady Wind" in 2010, "The Tortoise or The Hare" and "Please, Louise" in 2016, and a three-book reworked Asop's fables collection called "Who Got Game?" In Jack Mitchell's black and white photograph at Smithsonian Institute, a young Morrison, who is playing a flute, is pictured with his brother and mother. A life-long bachelor, he died of pancreatic cancer at age 45. For a time, his mother stopped writing after his death. Besides his parents, he had an older brother Harold Ford Morrison. In 2010 he was nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the children's literature category. In 2022 a 20th-anniversary edition of "The Book of Mean People" was published.
Author. He is recognized as an African-American author who was the son of Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Toni Morrison. Besides being an author, he was known as an artist and musician. His parents had divorced before his birth. Born in Ohio, he lived most of his life in New York City, where he attended the United Nation's School and State University of New York at Purchase, studying art. He had an art studio in Rockland County on the west side of the Hudson River. He co-authored with his mother children's books, which include "The Big Box" in 1999, "The Book of Mean People" in 2002, "Peeny Butter Fudge" in 2009, "Little Cloud and Lady Wind" in 2010, "The Tortoise or The Hare" and "Please, Louise" in 2016, and a three-book reworked Asop's fables collection called "Who Got Game?" In Jack Mitchell's black and white photograph at Smithsonian Institute, a young Morrison, who is playing a flute, is pictured with his brother and mother. A life-long bachelor, he died of pancreatic cancer at age 45. For a time, his mother stopped writing after his death. Besides his parents, he had an older brother Harold Ford Morrison. In 2010 he was nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the children's literature category. In 2022 a 20th-anniversary edition of "The Book of Mean People" was published.
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