Karyn Parsons is best known for her role as Will Smiths cousin Hilary Banks on NBCs The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After leaving acting behind, Karyn has gone on to found and produce Sweet Blackberry, an award-winning series of childrens animated films, to share stories about unsung black heroes in history, featuring narration from stars such as Alfre Woodard, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock. The videos have been screened on HBO and Netflix, and enjoyed by schools and libraries across the country. She is the author of Flying Free: How Bessie Colemans Dreams Took Flight and How High the Moon. Karyn lives with her family in New York City. nR. Gregory Christie is a Caldecott Honor Winner, a six-time recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award Honor, a two-time winner of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Childrens Books of the Year (2000 and 2002), a winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for illustration, and a recipient of the NAACPs Image Award. He is the illustrator on Karyn Parsons Sweet Blackberry films, and its picture book Flying Free: How Bessie Colemans Dreams Took Flight. When hes not illustrating books, he operates GAS-ART GIFTS, a childrens bookstore with autographed copies in Decatur, Georgia.n