Luli Gray belongs to a family for whom, she says, "reading and writing are as necessary as breathing." Born in Argentina, and for years a resident of New York City, she now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Falcon and the Charles Street Witch is the sequel to her first novel, Falcon s Egg which received rave reviews and was an ALA Notable Children s Book for 1995 and a School Library Journal Best Book of 1996.