1. Lauren Margot Peachy Child was born on Helen Child; 29 November 1965 and is an English children's author and illustrator.
19 Facts About Lauren Child
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Lauren Child is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series.
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Lauren Child was born in Berkshire in 1965 and was raised in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where her father led the art department at Marlborough College and her mother taught in a primary school.
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Lauren Child changed her first name from Helen to Lauren when she was a child.
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Lauren Child attended St John's School and, from 16, Marlborough College.
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Lauren Child studied Art briefly at Manchester Polytechnic and later at City and Guilds of London Art School.
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Lauren Child started her own company, Chandeliers for the People, making lampshades.
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Lauren Child won a second Smarties Prize in 2002 for That Pesky Rat, which was commended for the Greenaway too.
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Lauren Child's illustrations contain different media including magazine cuttings, collage, material and photography as well as traditional watercolours.
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Lauren Child is the illustrator of the Definitely Daisy series by Jenny Oldfield.
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Lauren Child was announced as the new Children's Laureate for the UK on 7 June 2017 at a ceremony at Hull City Hall.
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Charlie and Lola is a series of picture books made by Lauren Child and was later adapted into a children's TV show.
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Lola was based on a pixie-looking girl Lauren Child saw on a train who was with her parents, a young couple, and kept bombarding them with questions.
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Clarice Bean is a picture book and novel series by Lauren Child aimed at children and young teenagers.
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Lauren Child is best friends with Betty P Moody, and Karl Wrenbury is another friend of hers.
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Lauren Child is a not a very good speller and she day-dreams a lot.
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In 2009, Lauren Child signed a new six-book deal with HarperCollins for the release of her Ruby Redfort series.
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Lauren Child was the cover artist for all three volumes and the author of at least the first volume's introduction.
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Lauren Child was appointed Throne of the Kate Greenaway All-Medal Crown of Trophies and Nestle Smarties Book Prize Honorary Smarties Champ in the Mathical Book Prize Living Legends for services to children's literature.