Lauren Child

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Lauren Child

Lauren Child , MBE (* 1967 in Marlborough , Wiltshire , England ) is a British picture book artist and author .

Professional background

After studying at Manchester Polytechnic and City and the Guilds of London Art School, she traveled the world. She worked as Damien Hirst's assistant and designed exotic lampshades. Inspired by a publisher, she began to create a picture book and a series of toys. The result was Clarice Bean , That's Me , one of her most famous picture book characters.

In 2002, Lauren Child wrote her first children's author, Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (Eng. Through and Through Clarice Bean , 2004), which has been translated into more than ten languages. The Charlie and Lola book series is one of her most successful picture books . The popular characters also conquered British children's television as an animated film series.

Lauren Childs children's books have received international awards. The English illustrator Quentin Blake presented her works in the Magic Pencil exhibition in the British Library in 2004 . Lauren Child lives in north London .

She is known for her expressive graphic style of illustration, the funny collages and her lively, pointed language. Today, Lauren Child is one of the best-known children's authors and illustrators in England.

Works (selection)

  • Illustrations for Addy the Baddy by Margaret Joy , 1993
  • Clarice Bean That's Me , 1999
  • Beware of the Storybook Wolves , 2001
  • I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato - Charlie and Lola (Eng. No, I don't eat tomatoes , 2002)
  • What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?
  • Clarice Bean That's Me , 2002
  • That Pesky Rat , 2002
  • Utterly Me, Clarice Bean , 2002 (German through and through Clarice Bean , 2004)
  • Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent , 2004 (German Hubert Horatio Bieber Burg-Bartel , 2005)
  • Clarice Bean Spells Trouble
  • The Princess and The Pea , 2005 (German The Princess and the Pea , 2006)
  • Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now , 2006
  • Ruby Redfort , 2012

Awards

  • 1999: Shortlist Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Clarice Bean That's Me
  • 1999: Shortlisted Kate Greenaway Medal for Clarice Bean That's Me
  • 2000: Shortlisted Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Beware of the Storybook Wolves
  • 2000: Shortlisted Kate Greenaway Medal for Beware of the Storybook Wolves
  • 2000: Kate Greenaway Medal for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato - Charlie and Lola
  • 2001: Shortlisted Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?
  • 2002: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for That Pesky Rat
  • 2005: Shortlisted Red House Children's Book Award for Clarice Bean Spells Trouble
  • 2006: Children's Book Prize of the Young Readers Jury for Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent

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personal data
SURNAME Child, Lauren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British picture book artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Marlborough , Wiltshire