Faro has published a vast body of literature that includes sixty books of children's poetry, four books of adult poetry, and the collection of short stories A Friagem (The Chill), from which this story was taken. She also regularly contributes short stories and chronicles to a number of newspapers throughout Brazil's Central-West. Her latest work, a collection of novellas for adults, is due for release in 2008. Several of the stories from A Friagem, including íAs formigasë (íThe Antsë), have been made into short films.