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Ann Grifalconi is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born in New York, she studied art at the Cooper Union School of Art, where she received a certificate in advertising art in 1950. She worked for several years in advertising and display, then taught art and design at the High School of Fashion Industries before leaving to become a full-time illustrator and author.
Grifalconi is the author of several books for children, including The Village of Round and Square Houses and Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me. As an illustrator she has worked with authors including Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, and Walter Dean Myers. She shared a Coretta Scott King Award with Clifton for Everrett Anderson's Goodbye; The Jazz Man, which she illustrated for Mary Hays Weik, was a 1967 Newbery Honor book and an ALA Notable book.
Grifalconi lives in New York City.
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