Vera Williams

Her best known work, A Chair for My Mother, has won multiple awards and was featured on the children's television show Reading Rainbow.

[5] As a child, her family moved to the Bronx, New York, where her father was frequently absent during her early childhood.

In 1975 she was invited by Remy Charlip to illustrate Hooray for Me, which she did while living on a houseboat in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Most recently, Ms. Williams resided in New York City and remained active in local issues such as The House of Elder Artists[8] and participated in the 2007 PEN World Voices literary festival.

In 1981 she spent a month in Alderson Federal Prison Camp following arrest at a women's peaceful blockade of the Pentagon.

[15] Her original artwork is held in collections including the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division[16] and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.