Lulu Delacre (born December 20, 1957, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the author/illustrator of many award winning children's books.
Some of her most famous works include Arroz con leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America, Vejigante Masquerader, and The Bossy Gallito.
At age ten, a family friend, who was an artist and a teacher encouraged Delacre to enroll in one of her painting classes, where she received formal art training and discovered her passion.
"I delight in creating books that portray my own culture with authenticity in both words and pictures," Delacre noted on her Web site.
"And if painting the people and the places of Latin America true to their own beauty fosters respect; or if sharing some of their golden tales builds bridges, I want to keep on doing it.