Meet the author

Lauren Child.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom · b. 1965

Lauren Child: canonical British picture-book and middle-grade author behind Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort — multiple-Greenaway winner, Children's Laureate 2017–2019, defining UK picture-book voice for ages 3–12.

Lauren Child is a British author-illustrator born in 1965, one of the defining picture-book voices in contemporary UK publishing. Best known as the creator of Charlie and Lola (the picture books, BBC animation and chapter books), the Clarice Bean novels, and the Ruby Redfort middle-grade detective series. Child was Children's Laureate 2017–2019. Her style is unmistakable, collage-and-photography mixed media, hand-lettered text, exuberantly designed pages, and her voice is bright, observational and warmly funny. Multiple Kate Greenaway winner. A core canonical-contemporary UK picture-book and middle-grade author for ages 3–12.