David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston GlobeтАУHorn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington PostтАУChildrenтАЩs Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given тАЬto encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.тАЭ Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books.David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.