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Ann Grifalconi is an author and illustrator from New York City. She specializes in presenting realistic characters from other cultures. Her book, The Village of Round and Square Houses, is a Caldecott Honor Book and, like many of her other works, tells the story of African village life and traditions. She has also written about Mexican and Mayan people. Ms. Grifalconi describes how she works from an author’s and an illustrator’s standpoint. Key points: how one decides which scenes to illustrate and how to know that the illustrations are working.