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Lauren Child (Children's Author) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

Lauren Child

Lauren Child is an English-speaking children's author and illustrator. She is known for many books such as the Charlie and Lola comics, the Clarice Bean series and the novel Ruby Redfort. Influencers include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig Bemelmans. Lauren Child presented Charlie and Lola in 2000 with I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato and won the Library Association's annual Kate Greenaway Medal for "Best Illustration in a Children's Book" of the year. For the 50th anniversary of the medal, the jury selected it as one of the top ten winners, including a shortlist of public votes for the nation's most beloved work. He came third in the public vote on that shortlist.

BornHelen Child, November 29, 1965, Berkshire, England
OccupationIllustrator, writer
EducationManchester Polytechnic, London Art School (briefly)
Period1999–present
GenreChildren's picture books 10+ Fiction
Notable worksCharlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort
Notable awardsKate Greenaway Medal, 2000

Children's Author Lauren Child was born in London, England on November 29, 1965. She's 58 years old today.

Writer and illustrator who got the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for her work"I will never, ever eat a tomato". Her most well-known works include the Charlie and Lola picture books, as well as the Clarice Bean picture book and novel series.

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Lauren Child was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1965 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Her educational institutions included Marlborough College, Manchester Polytechnic, and the City and Guilds of London Art School. She worked for Big Fish Design before launching her own lampshade company, Chandeliers for the People.

She wrote the six volumes in the Ruby Redfort series between 2011 and 2015.

Helen Child was born in London, England, and grew up in the Wiltshire town of Marlborough. Her father was the chairman of the Marlborough College art department, and her mother was a teacher. She was the middle child and the youngest of three girls.

She wrote and painted The Princess and the Pea, an adaptation of Children's Author Hans Christian Andersen's fable of the same name.

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Latest information about Lauren Child updated on March 12 2023.