PATRICIA VERMILLION, librarian at The Lamplighter School in Dallas, is the author of Texas Chili? Oh My! and ¿Chili Texano? ¡Ay Dios!, which received a Publication Award in 2015 from the San Antonio Conservation Society. CHERYL PILGRIM is a writer, illustrator, and former art teacher. She works in a variety of media including pencils, watercolors, oils, acrylics, and collage papers.